diff --git a/lib/yarp.rb b/lib/yarp.rb
index 01c0d5ec71..d74ad47db3 100644
--- a/lib/yarp.rb
+++ b/lib/yarp.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ module YARP
       @length = length
     end
 
+    def inspect
+      "#<YARP::Location @start_offset=#{@start_offset} @length=#{@length}>"
+    end
+
     # The source code that this location represents.
     def slice
       source.slice(start_offset, length)
diff --git a/test/yarp/fixtures/global_variables.txt b/test/yarp/fixtures/global_variables.txt
index d2a631136f..3dc52722a0 100644
--- a/test/yarp/fixtures/global_variables.txt
+++ b/test/yarp/fixtures/global_variables.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ $DEBUG
 
 $FILENAME
 
+$0
+
 $-0
 
 $LOADED_FEATURES
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ $-K
 
 :$FILENAME
 
+:$0
+
 :$-0
 
 :$LOADED_FEATURES
diff --git a/test/yarp/parse_test.rb b/test/yarp/parse_test.rb
index 4d108ddfab..3eff7d447f 100644
--- a/test/yarp/parse_test.rb
+++ b/test/yarp/parse_test.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ class ParseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_parse_dollar0
+    parsed_result = YARP.parse("$0", "-e")
+    assert_equal 2, parsed_result.value.location.length
+  end
+
   def test_parse_takes_file_path
     filepath = "filepath.rb"
     parsed_result = YARP.parse("def foo; __FILE__; end", filepath)
diff --git a/test/yarp/snapshots/global_variables.txt b/test/yarp/snapshots/global_variables.txt
index 2b3e1447fd..d0a9f782e0 100644
--- a/test/yarp/snapshots/global_variables.txt
+++ b/test/yarp/snapshots/global_variables.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-ProgramNode(0...340)(
+ProgramNode(0...349)(
   [],
-  StatementsNode(0...340)(
+  StatementsNode(0...349)(
     [GlobalVariableReadNode(0...16)(),
      GlobalVariableReadNode(18...20)(),
      GlobalVariableReadNode(22...25)(),
@@ -20,31 +20,33 @@ ProgramNode(0...340)(
      GlobalVariableReadNode(101...103)(),
      GlobalVariableReadNode(105...111)(),
      GlobalVariableReadNode(113...122)(),
-     GlobalVariableReadNode(124...127)(),
-     GlobalVariableReadNode(129...145)(),
-     GlobalVariableReadNode(147...155)(),
-     GlobalVariableReadNode(157...160)(),
-     SymbolNode(162...179)((162...163), (163...179), nil, "$global_variable"),
-     SymbolNode(181...184)((181...182), (182...184), nil, "$_"),
-     SymbolNode(186...190)((186...187), (187...190), nil, "$-w"),
-     SymbolNode(192...203)((192...193), (193...203), nil, "$LOAD_PATH"),
-     SymbolNode(205...212)((205...206), (206...212), nil, "$stdin"),
-     SymbolNode(214...222)((214...215), (215...222), nil, "$stdout"),
-     SymbolNode(224...232)((224...225), (225...232), nil, "$stderr"),
-     SymbolNode(234...237)((234...235), (235...237), nil, "$!"),
-     SymbolNode(239...242)((239...240), (240...242), nil, "$?"),
-     SymbolNode(244...247)((244...245), (245...247), nil, "$~"),
-     SymbolNode(249...252)((249...250), (250...252), nil, "$&"),
-     SymbolNode(254...257)((254...255), (255...257), nil, "$`"),
-     SymbolNode(259...262)((259...260), (260...262), nil, "$'"),
-     SymbolNode(264...267)((264...265), (265...267), nil, "$+"),
-     SymbolNode(269...272)((269...270), (270...272), nil, "$:"),
-     SymbolNode(274...277)((274...275), (275...277), nil, "$;"),
-     SymbolNode(279...286)((279...280), (280...286), nil, "$DEBUG"),
-     SymbolNode(288...298)((288...289), (289...298), nil, "$FILENAME"),
-     SymbolNode(300...304)((300...301), (301...304), nil, "$-0"),
-     SymbolNode(306...323)((306...307), (307...323), nil, "$LOADED_FEATURES"),
-     SymbolNode(325...334)((325...326), (326...334), nil, "$VERBOSE"),
-     SymbolNode(336...340)((336...337), (337...340), nil, "$-K")]
+     GlobalVariableReadNode(124...126)(),
+     GlobalVariableReadNode(128...131)(),
+     GlobalVariableReadNode(133...149)(),
+     GlobalVariableReadNode(151...159)(),
+     GlobalVariableReadNode(161...164)(),
+     SymbolNode(166...183)((166...167), (167...183), nil, "$global_variable"),
+     SymbolNode(185...188)((185...186), (186...188), nil, "$_"),
+     SymbolNode(190...194)((190...191), (191...194), nil, "$-w"),
+     SymbolNode(196...207)((196...197), (197...207), nil, "$LOAD_PATH"),
+     SymbolNode(209...216)((209...210), (210...216), nil, "$stdin"),
+     SymbolNode(218...226)((218...219), (219...226), nil, "$stdout"),
+     SymbolNode(228...236)((228...229), (229...236), nil, "$stderr"),
+     SymbolNode(238...241)((238...239), (239...241), nil, "$!"),
+     SymbolNode(243...246)((243...244), (244...246), nil, "$?"),
+     SymbolNode(248...251)((248...249), (249...251), nil, "$~"),
+     SymbolNode(253...256)((253...254), (254...256), nil, "$&"),
+     SymbolNode(258...261)((258...259), (259...261), nil, "$`"),
+     SymbolNode(263...266)((263...264), (264...266), nil, "$'"),
+     SymbolNode(268...271)((268...269), (269...271), nil, "$+"),
+     SymbolNode(273...276)((273...274), (274...276), nil, "$:"),
+     SymbolNode(278...281)((278...279), (279...281), nil, "$;"),
+     SymbolNode(283...290)((283...284), (284...290), nil, "$DEBUG"),
+     SymbolNode(292...302)((292...293), (293...302), nil, "$FILENAME"),
+     SymbolNode(304...307)((304...305), (305...307), nil, "$0"),
+     SymbolNode(309...313)((309...310), (310...313), nil, "$-0"),
+     SymbolNode(315...332)((315...316), (316...332), nil, "$LOADED_FEATURES"),
+     SymbolNode(334...343)((334...335), (335...343), nil, "$VERBOSE"),
+     SymbolNode(345...349)((345...346), (346...349), nil, "$-K")]
   )
 )
diff --git a/yarp/yarp.c b/yarp/yarp.c
index 7b91b04e19..5957182d78 100644
--- a/yarp/yarp.c
+++ b/yarp/yarp.c
@@ -4868,7 +4868,7 @@ lex_global_variable(yp_parser_t *parser) {
             parser->current.end++;
             size_t width;
 
-            if ((width = char_is_identifier(parser, parser->current.end)) > 0) {
+            if (parser->current.end < parser->end && (width = char_is_identifier(parser, parser->current.end)) > 0) {
                 do {
                     parser->current.end += width;
                 } while (parser->current.end < parser->end && (width = char_is_identifier(parser, parser->current.end)) > 0);