diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4fcdc0e18f01c..2afaf9e2adfd2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ is thrown, rather than a `ErrorException` ([#27900]).
 * Functions that invoke commands (e.g. `run(::Cmd)`) now throw a `ProcessFailedException`
 rather than an `ErrorException`, if those commands exit with non-zero exit code.
 ([#27900]).
+* Added `⋆` (`\star`) as unary operator ([#31604]).
 
 Command-line option changes
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/src/julia-parser.scm b/src/julia-parser.scm
index 7c8a36d21f141..a8f35a54298b6 100644
--- a/src/julia-parser.scm
+++ b/src/julia-parser.scm
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@
                                       0))
 
 (define unary-ops (append! '(|<:| |>:|)
-                           (add-dots '(+ - ! ~ ¬ √ ∛ ∜))))
+                           (add-dots '(+ - ! ~ ¬ √ ∛ ∜ ⋆))))
 
 (define unary-op? (Set unary-ops))
 
 ; operators that are both unary and binary
-(define unary-and-binary-ops '(+ - $ & ~ |.+| |.-|))
+(define unary-and-binary-ops '(+ - $ & ~ ⋆ |.+| |.-| |.⋆|))
 
 (define unary-and-binary-op? (Set unary-and-binary-ops))