diff --git a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
index 2ad1c14e4..7f92bcf8b 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ SpiceCircuitDict::get_line ()
 
       } else if (ex.test_without_case (".endl")) {
 
+        std::string name;
+        if (ex.try_read_name (name)) {
+          if (! m_in_lib.empty () && mp_netlist->normalize_name (name) != m_in_lib.back ()) {
+            warn (tl::sprintf (tl::to_string (tr (".endl has wrong name: %s given, %s expected")), mp_netlist->normalize_name (name), m_in_lib.back ()));
+          }
+        }
+
         if (! m_in_lib.empty ()) {
           m_in_lib.pop_back ();
         } else {
diff --git a/src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistReaderTests.cc b/src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistReaderTests.cc
index c571065a3..fdb68e873 100644
--- a/src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistReaderTests.cc
+++ b/src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistReaderTests.cc
@@ -836,6 +836,28 @@ TEST(21_lib)
   );
 }
 
+//  issue #1681, .endl with lib name
+TEST(22_endl)
+{
+  db::Netlist nl;
+
+  std::string path = tl::combine_path (tl::combine_path (tl::testdata (), "algo"), "nreader22.cir");
+
+  db::NetlistSpiceReader reader;
+  tl::InputStream is (path);
+  reader.read (is, nl);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ (nl.to_string (),
+    "circuit .TOP ();\n"
+    "  device CAP '10' (A='1',B='2') (C=1e-12,A=0,P=0);\n"
+    "  device CAP '1' (A='1',B='2') (C=1e-10,A=0,P=0);\n"
+    "  device CAP '2A' (A='1',B='2') (C=1.01e-10,A=0,P=0);\n"
+    "  device CAP '2B' (A='1',B='2') (C=1.02e-10,A=0,P=0);\n"
+    "  device CAP '100' (A='1',B='2') (C=1.5e-11,A=0,P=0);\n"
+    "end;\n"
+  );
+}
+
 TEST(100_ExpressionParser)
 {
   std::map<std::string, tl::Variant> vars;
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader22.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader22.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..335ee3ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader22.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+.lib nreader22_lib1.cir lib1
+.lib nreader22_lib1.cir lib2
+
+C100 1 2 15p
+
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader22_inc.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader22_inc.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dc60c6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader22_inc.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+C2a 1 2 101p
+C2b 1 2 102p
+
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader22_lib1.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader22_lib1.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87d1c3377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader22_lib1.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+.lib lib1
+.lib nreader22_lib2.cir lib3
+C1 1 2 100p
+.endl lib1
+
+.lib lib2
+.include nreader22_inc.cir
+.endl lib2
+
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader22_lib2.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader22_lib2.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03e71861e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader22_lib2.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+.lib lib3
+C10 1 2 1p
+.endl lib3
+
+C11 1 2 1.5p
+
+.lib lib4
+C12 1 2 42p
+.endl lib4
+