diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index a0717c1f..8f57bfca 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
     function embed_tokens(parser) {
         return function() {
             var start = S.token;
-            var expr = parser();
+            var expr = parser.apply(null, arguments);
             var end = prev();
             expr.start = start;
             expr.end = end;
@@ -1182,17 +1182,18 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
         var a = [];
         var def;
         for (;;) {
+            var sym_type = in_const ? AST_SymbolConst : AST_SymbolVar;
             if (is("punc", "{") || is("punc", "[")) {
                 def = new AST_VarDef({
                     start: S.token,
-                    name: destructuring_(),
+                    name: destructuring_(sym_type),
                     value: (expect_token("operator", "="), expression(false, no_in)),
                     end: prev()
                 });
             } else {
                 def = new AST_VarDef({
                     start : S.token,
-                    name  : as_symbol(in_const ? AST_SymbolConst : AST_SymbolVar),
+                    name  : as_symbol(sym_type),
                     value : is("operator", "=") ? (next(), expression(false, no_in)) : null,
                     end   : prev()
                 })
@@ -1205,12 +1206,31 @@ function parse($TEXT, options) {
         return a;
     };
 
-    var destructuring_ = embed_tokens(function () {
+    var destructuring_ = embed_tokens(function (sym_type) {
         var is_array = is("punc", "[");
         var closing = is_array ? ']' : '}';
+        var sym_type = sym_type || AST_SymbolRef;
+
+        next();
+
+        var first = true, children = [];
+        while (!is("punc", closing)) {
+            if (first) first = false; else expect(",");
+            if (is("punc", closing)) break;
+            if (is("punc", ",")) {
+                children.push(new AST_Hole({ start: S.token, end: S.token }));
+            } else if (is("punc", "[") || is("punc", "{")) {
+                children.push(destructuring_(sym_type));
+            } else if (is("name")) {
+                children.push(_make_symbol(sym_type));
+                next();
+            } else {
+                children.push(expression());
+            }
+        }
         next()
         return new AST_Destructuring({
-            names: expr_list(closing),
+            names: children,
             is_array: is_array
         })
     });
diff --git a/test/compress/destructuring.js b/test/compress/destructuring.js
index 58a77cd4..b667c9ea 100644
--- a/test/compress/destructuring.js
+++ b/test/compress/destructuring.js
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ destructuring_objects: {
     }
 }
 
+nested_destructuring_objects: {
+    input: {
+        var [{a},b] = c;
+    }
+    expect_exact: 'var[{a},b]=c;';
+}
diff --git a/test/parser.js b/test/parser.js
index 85c2e23e..125f76c2 100644
--- a/test/parser.js
+++ b/test/parser.js
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ module.exports = function () {
     ok.equal(decls.body[0].TYPE, 'Var');
     ok.equal(decls.body[0].definitions.length, 2);
     ok.equal(decls.body[0].definitions[0].name.TYPE, 'Destructuring');
+    ok.equal(decls.body[0].definitions[0].value.TYPE, 'SymbolRef');
+
+    var nested_def = UglifyJS.parse('var [{x}] = foo').body[0].definitions[0];
+
+    ok.equal(nested_def.name.names[0].names[0].TYPE, 'SymbolVar')
+    ok.equal(nested_def.name.names[0].names[0].name, 'x')
+
+    var holey_def = UglifyJS.parse('const [,,third] = [1,2,3]').body[0].definitions[0];
+
+    ok.equal(holey_def.name.names[0].TYPE, 'Hole')
+    ok.equal(holey_def.name.names[2].TYPE, 'SymbolConst')
 
     ok.throws(function () {
         // Note: this *is* a valid destructuring, but before we implement