diff --git a/src/parser.jl b/src/parser.jl
index 266d58e5..2f23ed1c 100644
--- a/src/parser.jl
+++ b/src/parser.jl
@@ -3402,6 +3402,7 @@ function parse_atom(ps::ParseState, check_identifiers=true)
         if k == K"'"
             # ''  ==>  (char (error))
             bump_invisible(ps, K"error", error="empty character literal")
+            bump(ps, TRIVIA_FLAG)
         elseif k == K"EndMarker"
             # '   ==>  (char (error))
             bump_invisible(ps, K"error", error="unterminated character literal")
diff --git a/test/parser.jl b/test/parser.jl
index efb183d3..6db8c08b 100644
--- a/test/parser.jl
+++ b/test/parser.jl
@@ -990,15 +990,19 @@ parsestmt_test_specs = [
     "x in'c'"   => "(call-i x in (char 'c'))"
     "1where'c'" => "(where 1 (char 'c'))"
     ":+'y'"     => "(juxtapose (call-post (quote-: +) ') (call-post y '))"
+    # Empty character consumes trailing ' delimiter (ideally this could be
+    # tested above but we don't require the input stream to be consumed in the
+    # unit tests there.
+    "''" => "(char (error))"
 
     # The following may not be ideal error recovery! But at least the parser
     # shouldn't crash
     "@(x y)" => "(macrocall (parens @x (error-t y)))"
     "|(&\nfunction" => "(call | (& (function (error (error)) (block (error)) (error-t))) (error-t))"
 
-    # The following are currently broken but at least the parser shouldn't
+    # The following is currently broken but at least the parser shouldn't
     # crash.
-    "x in' '" => "(wrapper (call-i x in (char (error))) (error-t '))"
+    "x in' '" => "(call-i x in (char (error)))"
 ]
 
 @testset "Parser does not crash on broken code" begin