diff --git a/src/mathed/ChangeLog b/src/mathed/ChangeLog
index 05c12b401e..002a111a0c 100644
--- a/src/mathed/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/mathed/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-02  Georg Baum  <Georg.Baum@post.rwth-aachen.de>
+
+	* math_parser.C (parse1): Don't parse "\|" following a "\left" or
+	"\right" as "|"
+
 2005-02-11  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
 
 	* math_casesinset.C (validate): New method. Requires amsmath.
diff --git a/src/mathed/math_parser.C b/src/mathed/math_parser.C
index 08a7372251..54b1b6f388 100644
--- a/src/mathed/math_parser.C
+++ b/src/mathed/math_parser.C
@@ -1022,10 +1022,15 @@ void Parser::parse1(MathGridInset & grid, unsigned flags,
 		}
 
 		else if (t.cs() == "left") {
-			string l = getToken().asString();
+			Token const & tl = getToken();
+			// \| and \Vert are equivalent, and MathDelimInset
+			// can't handle \|
+			// FIXME: fix this in MathDelimInset itself!
+			string const l = tl.cs() == "|" ? "Vert" : tl.asString();
 			MathArray ar;
 			parse(ar, FLAG_RIGHT, mode);
-			string r = getToken().asString();
+			Token const & tr = getToken();
+			string const r = tr.cs() == "|" ? "Vert" : tr.asString();
 			cell->push_back(MathAtom(new MathDelimInset(l, r, ar)));
 		}