diff --git a/pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PythonTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PythonTokenizerTest.java
index ad15fbe661..e72eb3e489 100644
--- a/pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PythonTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-python/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/PythonTokenizerTest.java
@@ -51,4 +51,10 @@ public class PythonTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
     public void testTabWidth() {
         doTest("tabWidth");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testVarWithDollar() {
+        doTest("var_with_dollar");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/pmd-python/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/testdata/var_with_dollar.py b/pmd-python/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/testdata/var_with_dollar.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c42520282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-python/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/testdata/var_with_dollar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def check():
+    a$a = []
diff --git a/pmd-python/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/testdata/var_with_dollar.txt b/pmd-python/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/testdata/var_with_dollar.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39607ea38f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-python/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/python/cpd/testdata/var_with_dollar.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+    [Image] or [Truncated image[            Bcol      Ecol
+L1
+    [def]                                   1         3
+    [check]                                 5         9
+    [(]                                     10        10
+    [)]                                     11        11
+    [:]                                     12        12
+L2
+    [a$a]                                   5         7
+    [=]                                     9         9
+    [\[]                                    11        11
+    [\]]                                    12        12
+EOF