diff --git a/src/value/parse.rs b/src/value/parse.rs
index 7bb7223..7345a0a 100644
--- a/src/value/parse.rs
+++ b/src/value/parse.rs
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ impl Value {
                 }
             }
             ';' | '}' | '{' => return None,
-            ':' | '?' | ')' | '@' | '^' | ']' => {
+            ':' | '?' | ')' | '@' | '^' | ']' | '|' => {
                 return Some(Err(("expected \";\".", span).into()))
             }
             v if v as u32 >= 0x80 || v.is_control() || v == '`' => {
diff --git a/tests/error.rs b/tests/error.rs
index b543241..66cde91 100644
--- a/tests/error.rs
+++ b/tests/error.rs
@@ -124,3 +124,4 @@ error!(
 );
 error!(toplevel_hash, "#", "Error: expected \"{\".");
 error!(toplevel_var_no_colon, "$r", "Error: expected \":\".");
+error!(bar_in_value, "a {color: a|b;}", "Error: expected \";\".");