diff --git a/src/julia-parser.scm b/src/julia-parser.scm
index 36981c0ea0d50..5ee45a202ce46 100644
--- a/src/julia-parser.scm
+++ b/src/julia-parser.scm
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 (define syntactic-op? (Set syntactic-operators))
 (define syntactic-unary-op? (Set syntactic-unary-operators))
 
+(define (symbol-or-interpolate? ex)
+  (or (symbol? ex)
+      (and (pair? ex)
+           (eq? '$ (car ex)))))
+
 (define trans-op (string->symbol ".'"))
 (define ctrans-op (string->symbol "'"))
 (define vararg-op (string->symbol "..."))
@@ -1240,8 +1245,8 @@
                  body))))
     ((export)
      (let ((es (map macrocall-to-atsym
-                    (parse-comma-separated s parse-atom))))
-       (if (not (every symbol? es))
+                    (parse-comma-separated s parse-unary-prefix))))
+       (if (not (every symbol-or-interpolate? es))
            (error "invalid \"export\" statement"))
        `(export ,@es)))
     ((import using importall)
@@ -1322,17 +1327,17 @@
            (begin (take-token s)
                   (loop (list* '|.| '|.| '|.| '|.| l) (peek-token s))))
           (else
-           (cons (macrocall-to-atsym (parse-atom s)) l)))))
+           (cons (macrocall-to-atsym (parse-unary-prefix s)) l)))))
 
 (define (parse-import s word)
   (let loop ((path (parse-import-dots s)))
-    (if (not (symbol? (car path)))
+    (if (not (symbol-or-interpolate? (car path)))
         (error (string "invalid \"" word "\" statement: expected identifier")))
     (let ((nxt (peek-token s)))
       (cond
        ((eq? nxt '|.|)
         (take-token s)
-        (loop (cons (macrocall-to-atsym (parse-atom s)) path)))
+        (loop (cons (macrocall-to-atsym (parse-unary-prefix s)) path)))
        ((or (memv nxt '(#\newline #\; #\, :))
             (eof-object? nxt))
         `(,word ,@(reverse path)))