diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/PlsqlTreeDumpTest.java b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/PlsqlTreeDumpTest.java
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+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/PlsqlTreeDumpTest.java
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+/*
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.test.BaseParsingHelper;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.test.BaseTreeDumpTest;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.test.RelevantAttributePrinter;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.PlsqlParsingHelper;
+
+public class PlsqlTreeDumpTest extends BaseTreeDumpTest {
+
+    public PlsqlTreeDumpTest() {
+        super(new RelevantAttributePrinter(), ".pls");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BaseParsingHelper<?, ?> getParser() {
+        return PlsqlParsingHelper.WITH_PROCESSING.withResourceContext(getClass());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void sqlPlusLexicalVariables() {
+        doTest("SqlPlusLexicalVariablesIssue195");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/SqlPlusLexicalVariablesIssue195.pls b/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/SqlPlusLexicalVariablesIssue195.pls
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+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/SqlPlusLexicalVariablesIssue195.pls
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+
+-- see https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/195
+-- both define and spool are SQL*Plus commands, and they should not be ended with a semi-colon.
+
+define patch_name = acme_module
+spool &patch_name..log
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/SqlPlusLexicalVariablesIssue195.txt b/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/SqlPlusLexicalVariablesIssue195.txt
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+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/SqlPlusLexicalVariablesIssue195.txt
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++- Input[@CanonicalImage = null, @ExcludedLinesCount = 0, @ExcludedRangesCount = 0, @Sourcecode = "
+-- see https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/195
+-- both define and spool are SQL*Plus commands, and they should not be ended with a semi-colon.
+
+define patch_name = acme_module
+spool &patch_name..log
+"]
+   +- SqlPlusCommand[@CanonicalImage = "DEFINE PATCH_NAME = ACME_MODULE", @Image = "define patch_name = acme_module "]
+   +- SqlPlusCommand[@CanonicalImage = "SPOOL &PATCH_NAME. . LOG", @Image = "spool &patch_name. . log "]