diff --git a/language/src/regent/parser.t b/language/src/regent/parser.t
index 366bd4e6a0..d24aca34dd 100644
--- a/language/src/regent/parser.t
+++ b/language/src/regent/parser.t
@@ -89,23 +89,30 @@ function parser.annotations(p, allow_expr, allow_stat)
   local level = p:annotation_level()
   if not level then return annotations end
 
-  p:expect("(")
-  local name = p:annotation_name(true)
-  annotations = annotations { [name] = level }
+  local closed = false
+  while level do
+    p:expect("(")
+    local name = p:annotation_name(true)
+    annotations = annotations { [name] = level }
+
+    while p:nextif(",") do
+      local name = p:annotation_name(false)
+      if name then
+        annotations = annotations { [name] = level }
+      elseif allow_expr then
+        local expr = p:expr()
+        p:expect(")")
+        return expr { annotations = annotations }
+      end
+    end
 
-  while p:nextif(",") do
-    local name = p:annotation_name(false)
-    if name then
-      annotations = annotations { [name] = level }
-    elseif allow_expr then
-      local expr = p:expr()
-      p:expect(")")
-      return expr { annotations = annotations }
+    if allow_stat and p:nextif(")") then
+      level = p:annotation_level()
+      closed = not level
     end
   end
 
-  if allow_stat then
-    p:expect(")")
+  if allow_stat and closed then
     return annotations
   else
     assert(allow_expr)
diff --git a/language/tests/regent/run_pass/annotations_task_multiple.rg b/language/tests/regent/run_pass/annotations_task_multiple.rg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb14f19c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/language/tests/regent/run_pass/annotations_task_multiple.rg
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+-- Copyright 2018 Stanford University
+--
+-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+-- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+-- You may obtain a copy of the License at
+--
+--     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+-- limitations under the License.
+
+import "regent"
+
+-- This tests multiple annotations to a task
+
+task inc(r : region(int), y : int)
+where reads writes(r) do
+  for x in r do
+    @x += y
+  end
+end
+
+__demand(__inner) __forbid(__optimize)
+task main()
+  var r = region(ispace(ptr, 4), int)
+  fill(r, 0)
+  inc(r, 100)
+end
+regentlib.start(main)