diff --git a/src/value/parse.rs b/src/value/parse.rs
index 5d2a8f8..e7ef9e4 100644
--- a/src/value/parse.rs
+++ b/src/value/parse.rs
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ impl Value {
             }
             ';' | '}' | '{' => return None,
             ':' | '?' | ')' | '@' | '^' | ']' => return Some(Err(("expected \";\".", span).into())),
-            v if v as u32 >= 0x80 || v.is_control() => {
+            v if v as u32 >= 0x80 || v.is_control() || v == '`' => {
                 return Some(Err(("Expected expression.", span).into()))
             }
             v => todo!("unexpected token in value parsing: {:?}", v),
diff --git a/tests/error.rs b/tests/error.rs
index c5732d1..4256563 100644
--- a/tests/error.rs
+++ b/tests/error.rs
@@ -94,3 +94,7 @@ error!(
     toplevel_backtick,
     "` {}", "Error: expected selector."
 );
+error!(
+    backtick_in_value,
+    "a {color:`red;}", "Error: Expected expression."
+);