diff --git a/vvp/compile.cc b/vvp/compile.cc
index 0714fe5eb..c0792191d 100644
--- a/vvp/compile.cc
+++ b/vvp/compile.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001-2017 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2018 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
  *
  *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
  *    and/or modify it in source code form under the terms of the GNU
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ bool vvp_net_resolv_list_s::resolve(bool mes)
 	      // the compiler output instead of implicitly in this code.
 	    assert(! vpip_peek_current_scope()->is_automatic());
 	    t0_trigger_generated = true;
-	      // Create an event with no name for the T0 trigger
-	    compile_named_event(strdup(label()), strcpy(new char [1],""));
+	      // Create a local event with no name for the T0 trigger
+	    compile_named_event(strdup(label()), strcpy(new char [1],""), true);
 	    tmp = vvp_net_lookup(label());
 	    assert(tmp);
 	    tmp->link(port);
diff --git a/vvp/compile.h b/vvp/compile.h
index b49a6dea4..6ef0b122d 100644
--- a/vvp/compile.h
+++ b/vvp/compile.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef IVL_compile_H
 #define IVL_compile_H
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2001-2017 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2018 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
  *
  *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
  *    and/or modify it in source code form under the terms of the GNU
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ extern void compile_ufunc_vec4(char*label, char*code, unsigned wid,
  */
 extern void compile_event(char*label, char*type,
 			  unsigned argc, struct symb_s*argv);
-extern void compile_named_event(char*label, char*type);
+extern void compile_named_event(char*label, char*type, bool local_flag=false);
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/vvp/event.cc b/vvp/event.cc
index 64504d9cc..6c6c7fe00 100644
--- a/vvp/event.cc
+++ b/vvp/event.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2014 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2018 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
  *
  *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
  *    and/or modify it in source code form under the terms of the GNU
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static void compile_event_or(char*label, unsigned argc, struct symb_s*argv)
  * inputs, it is only accessed by behavioral trigger statements, which
  * in vvp are %set instructions.
  */
-void compile_named_event(char*label, char*name)
+void compile_named_event(char*label, char*name, bool local_flag)
 {
       vvp_net_t*ptr = new vvp_net_t;
 
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ void compile_named_event(char*label, char*name)
       }
       define_functor_symbol(label, ptr);
       compile_vpi_symbol(label, obj);
-      vpip_attach_to_current_scope(obj);
+      if (! local_flag) vpip_attach_to_current_scope(obj);
 
       free(label);
       delete[] name;