diff --git a/elab_scope.cc b/elab_scope.cc
index 04cce6626..5887fd147 100644
--- a/elab_scope.cc
+++ b/elab_scope.cc
@@ -98,7 +98,16 @@ void Module::elaborate_parm_item_(perm_string name, const param_expr_t&cur,
 		  tmp->low_expr = 0;
 	    }
 
-	    if (range->high_expr) {
+	    if (range->high_expr && range->high_expr==range->low_expr) {
+		    // Detect the special case of a "point"
+		    // range. These are called out by setting the high
+		    // and low expression ranges to the same
+		    // expression. The exclude_flags should be false
+		    // in this case
+		  ivl_assert(*range->high_expr, tmp->low_open_flag==false && tmp->high_open_flag==false);
+		  tmp->high_expr = tmp->low_expr;
+
+	    } else if (range->high_expr) {
 		  tmp->high_expr = elab_and_eval(des, scope, range->high_expr, -1);
 		  ivl_assert(*range->high_expr, tmp->high_expr);
 	    } else {
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 648a9c657..16702ccf9 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -323,10 +323,15 @@ static PECallFunction*make_call_function(perm_string tn, PExpr*arg1, PExpr*arg2)
 %left K_POW
 %left UNARY_PREC
 
+
 /* to resolve dangling else ambiguity. */
 %nonassoc less_than_K_else
 %nonassoc K_else
 
+ /* to resolve exclude (... ambiguity */
+%nonassoc '('
+%nonassoc K_exclude
+
 %%
 
   /* A degenerate source file can be completely empty. */
@@ -2432,7 +2437,8 @@ parameter_value_range
       { $$ = pform_parameter_value_range($1, true, $3, false, $5); }
   | from_exclude '(' value_range_expression ':' value_range_expression ')'
       { $$ = pform_parameter_value_range($1, true, $3, true, $5); }
-    /* | K_exclude  expression */
+  | K_exclude expression
+      { $$ = pform_parameter_value_range(true, false, $2, false, $2); }
   ;
 
 value_range_expression