diff --git a/core/src/syn/lexer/byte.rs b/core/src/syn/lexer/byte.rs
index 5d30fb98..db5dc1e3 100644
--- a/core/src/syn/lexer/byte.rs
+++ b/core/src/syn/lexer/byte.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
 			b'(' => t!("("),
 			b';' => t!(";"),
 			b',' => t!(","),
+			b'~' => t!("~"),
 			b'@' => t!("@"),
 			byte::CR | byte::FF | byte::LF | byte::SP | byte::VT | byte::TAB => {
 				self.eat_whitespace();
diff --git a/core/src/syn/parser/test/value.rs b/core/src/syn/parser/test/value.rs
index 7f7905c0..5e6c2113 100644
--- a/core/src/syn/parser/test/value.rs
+++ b/core/src/syn/parser/test/value.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ fn parse_coordinate() {
 	test_parse!(parse_value, "(1.88, -18.0)").unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn parse_like_operator() {
+	test_parse!(parse_value, "a ~ b").unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn parse_large_depth_object() {
 	let mut text = String::new();