4 files changed, 37 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/frontends/verilog/lexer.l b/frontends/verilog/lexer.l
index 5300d1b2..8f4b4991 100644
--- a/frontends/verilog/lexer.l
+++ b/frontends/verilog/lexer.l
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ namespace VERILOG_FRONTEND {
 	std::vector<int> ln_stack;
 }
 
+#define SV_KEYWORD(_tok) \
+	if (sv_mode) return _tok; \
+	log("Lexer warning: The SystemVerilog keyword `%s' (at %s:%d) is not "\
+			"recognized unless read_verilog is called with -sv!\n", yytext, \
+			AST::current_filename.c_str(), frontend_verilog_yyget_lineno()); \
+	frontend_verilog_yylval.string = new std::string(std::string("\\") + yytext); \
+	return TOK_ID;
+
 %}
 
 %option yylineno
@@ -143,7 +151,14 @@ namespace VERILOG_FRONTEND {
 "while"        { return TOK_WHILE; }
 "repeat"       { return TOK_REPEAT; }
 
-"assert"([ \t\r\n]+"property")? { return TOK_ASSERT; }
+"always_comb"  { SV_KEYWORD(TOK_ALWAYS); }
+"always_ff"    { SV_KEYWORD(TOK_ALWAYS); }
+"always_latch" { SV_KEYWORD(TOK_ALWAYS); }
+
+"assert"   { SV_KEYWORD(TOK_ASSERT); }
+"property" { SV_KEYWORD(TOK_PROPERTY); }
+"logic"    { SV_KEYWORD(TOK_REG); }
+"bit"      { SV_KEYWORD(TOK_REG); }
 
 "input"   { return TOK_INPUT; }
 "output"  { return TOK_OUTPUT; }
diff --git a/frontends/verilog/parser.y b/frontends/verilog/parser.y
index f422258c..cce8a8c4 100644
--- a/frontends/verilog/parser.y
+++ b/frontends/verilog/parser.y
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ namespace VERILOG_FRONTEND {
 	int current_function_or_task_port_id;
 	std::vector<char> case_type_stack;
 	bool default_nettype_wire;
+	bool sv_mode;
 }
 
 static void append_attr(AstNode *ast, std::map<std::string, AstNode*> *al)
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ static void free_attr(std::map<std::string, AstNode*> *al)
 %token TOK_GENERATE TOK_ENDGENERATE TOK_GENVAR
 %token TOK_SYNOPSYS_FULL_CASE TOK_SYNOPSYS_PARALLEL_CASE
 %token TOK_SUPPLY0 TOK_SUPPLY1 TOK_TO_SIGNED TOK_TO_UNSIGNED
-%token TOK_POS_INDEXED TOK_NEG_INDEXED TOK_ASSERT
+%token TOK_POS_INDEXED TOK_NEG_INDEXED TOK_ASSERT TOK_PROPERTY
 
 %type <ast> wire_type range non_opt_range range_or_integer expr basic_expr concat_list rvalue lvalue lvalue_concat_list
 %type <string> opt_label tok_prim_wrapper hierarchical_id
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ module_body:
 
 module_body_stmt:
 	task_func_decl | param_decl | localparam_decl | defparam_decl | wire_decl | assign_stmt | cell_stmt |
-	always_stmt | TOK_GENERATE module_gen_body TOK_ENDGENERATE | defattr | assert;
+	always_stmt | TOK_GENERATE module_gen_body TOK_ENDGENERATE | defattr | assert_property;
 
 task_func_decl:
 	TOK_TASK TOK_ID ';' {
@@ -773,6 +774,11 @@ assert:
 		ast_stack.back()->children.push_back(new AstNode(AST_ASSERT, $3));
 	};
 
+assert_property:
+	TOK_ASSERT TOK_PROPERTY '(' expr ')' ';' {
+		ast_stack.back()->children.push_back(new AstNode(AST_ASSERT, $4));
+	};
+
 simple_behavioral_stmt:
 	lvalue '=' expr {
 		AstNode *node = new AstNode(AST_ASSIGN_EQ, $1, $3);
diff --git a/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc b/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc
index 10821458..437fc3ec 100644
--- a/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc
+++ b/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ struct VerilogFrontend : public Frontend {
 		log("Load modules from a verilog file to the current design. A large subset of\n");
 		log("Verilog-2005 is supported.\n");
 		log("\n");
+		log("    -sv\n");
+		log("        enable support for SystemVerilog features. (only a small subset\n");
+		log("        of SystemVerilog is supported)\n");
+		log("\n");
 		log("    -dump_ast1\n");
 		log("        dump abstract syntax tree (before simplification)\n");
 		log("\n");
@@ -150,7 +154,9 @@ struct VerilogFrontend : public Frontend {
 		std::map<std::string, std::string> defines_map;
 		std::list<std::string> include_dirs;
 		std::list<std::string> attributes;
+
 		frontend_verilog_yydebug = false;
+		sv_mode = false;
 
 		log_header("Executing Verilog-2005 frontend.\n");
 
@@ -159,6 +165,10 @@ struct VerilogFrontend : public Frontend {
 		size_t argidx;
 		for (argidx = 1; argidx < args.size(); argidx++) {
 			std::string arg = args[argidx];
+			if (arg == "-sv") {
+				sv_mode = true;
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (arg == "-dump_ast1") {
 				flag_dump_ast1 = true;
 				continue;
diff --git a/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.h b/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.h
index 99b2164e..6d01a153 100644
--- a/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.h
+++ b/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.h
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ namespace VERILOG_FRONTEND
 
 	// state of `default_nettype
 	extern bool default_nettype_wire;
+
+	// running in SystemVerilog mode
+	extern bool sv_mode;
 }
 
 // the pre-processor