diff --git a/src/lpython/parser/parser.yy b/src/lpython/parser/parser.yy
index 4414ab3ed8..7d6d46080d 100644
--- a/src/lpython/parser/parser.yy
+++ b/src/lpython/parser/parser.yy
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ expr_list
 
 dict
     : expr ":" expr { $$ = DICT_EXPR($1, $3, @$); }
+    | expr ":" TK_NEWLINE expr { $$ = DICT_EXPR($1, $4, @$); }
     ;
 
 dict_list