diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index 5914f55bd..2fc8a509c 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -3647,6 +3647,9 @@ func (p *parser) parseGlobalStmts(sync map[token.Token]bool, pos token.Pos, stmt
 	if p.errors.Len() != 0 { // TODO: error
 		p.advance(sync)
 	}
+	if p.tok != token.EOF {
+		p.errorExpected(p.pos, "statement", 2)
+	}
 	f := &ast.FuncDecl{
 		Name: &ast.Ident{NamePos: pos, Name: "main"},
 		Doc:  doc,
diff --git a/parser/parser_test.go b/parser/parser_test.go
index 76fe912dd..bb6c4bb13 100644
--- a/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -508,4 +508,9 @@ const d
 `, `/foo/bar.gox:5:7: missing constant value`, ``)
 }
 
+func TestErrGlobal(t *testing.T) {
+	testErrCode(t, `func test() {}
+}`, `/foo/bar.gop:2:1: expected statement, found '}'`, ``)
+}
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------