diff --git a/lib/init-7.scm b/lib/init-7.scm
index 3a63da9a..5ae72c0f 100644
--- a/lib/init-7.scm
+++ b/lib/init-7.scm
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
            (_vector->list (rename 'vector->list))
            (_list->vector (rename 'list->vector))
            (_cons3 (rename 'cons-source)))
-       (define ellipsis (rename (if ellipsis-specified? (cadr expr) '...)))
+       (define ellipsis (if ellipsis-specified? (cadr expr) (rename '...)))
        (define lits (if ellipsis-specified? (car (cddr expr)) (cadr expr)))
        (define forms (if ellipsis-specified? (cdr (cddr expr)) (cddr expr)))
        (define (next-symbol s)
diff --git a/tests/syntax-tests.scm b/tests/syntax-tests.scm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04f61a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/syntax-tests.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+
+(cond-expand
+ (modules (import (chibi) (only (chibi test) test-begin test test-end)))
+ (else #f))
+
+(test-begin "syntax")
+
+(define-syntax loop1
+  (sc-macro-transformer
+   (lambda (exp env)
+     (let ((body (cdr exp)))
+       `(call-with-current-continuation
+         (lambda (exit)
+           (let f ()
+             ,@(map (lambda (exp)
+                      (make-syntactic-closure env '(exit) exp))
+                    body)
+             (f))))))))
+
+(define exit 42)
+(test 10 (loop1 (exit 10)))
+
+(define (y) 0)
+
+(define-syntax macro
+  (sc-macro-transformer
+   (lambda (exp env)
+     (make-syntactic-closure env '(y) (cadr exp)))))
+
+(let ((y (lambda () 100)))
+  (test 0 (macro (y))))
+
+(let ((x 10))
+  (define-syntax macro
+    (sc-macro-transformer
+     (lambda (exp env)
+       (make-syntactic-closure env '(x) (cadr exp)))))
+  (let ((x 20))
+    (define-syntax macro2
+      (sc-macro-transformer
+       (lambda (exp env)
+	 (macro (make-syntactic-closure env '(x) (cadr exp))))))
+    (let ((x 30))
+      (test 20 (macro2 x)))))
+
+(define E1 1)
+
+(define-syntax M
+  (syntax-rules E1 ()
+    ((M x E1) (quote (x E1)))))
+
+(test '(1 2 3) (M 1 2 3))
+
+(let ((E2 2))
+  (define-syntax N
+    (syntax-rules E2 ()
+      ((N y E2) (quote (y E2)))))
+  (test '(1 2 3) (N 1 2 3)))
+
+(test-end)