diff --git a/c/dsls/mlr_dsl_parse.y b/c/dsls/mlr_dsl_parse.y
index 26fdebd25..93c1297a0 100644
--- a/c/dsls/mlr_dsl_parse.y
+++ b/c/dsls/mlr_dsl_parse.y
@@ -526,9 +526,11 @@ md_emitf_args(A) ::= md_emitf_args(B) MD_TOKEN_COMMA md_oosvar_name(C). {
 	A = mlr_dsl_ast_node_append_arg(B, C);
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------
 md_emit(A) ::= MD_TOKEN_EMIT(O) MD_TOKEN_ALL(B). {
 	A = mlr_dsl_ast_node_alloc_unary(O->text, MD_AST_NODE_TYPE_EMIT, B);
 }
+
 md_emit(A) ::= MD_TOKEN_EMIT(O) md_oosvar_name(B). {
 	A = mlr_dsl_ast_node_alloc_unary(O->text, MD_AST_NODE_TYPE_EMIT, B);
 }
@@ -537,6 +539,14 @@ md_emit(A) ::= MD_TOKEN_EMIT(O) md_oosvar_name(B) MD_TOKEN_COMMA md_emit_args(C)
 	A = mlr_dsl_ast_node_set_function_name(B, O->text);
 }
 
+md_emit(A) ::= MD_TOKEN_EMIT(O) md_keyed_oosvar_name(B). {
+	A = mlr_dsl_ast_node_alloc_unary(O->text, MD_AST_NODE_TYPE_EMIT, B);
+}
+md_emit(A) ::= MD_TOKEN_EMIT(O) md_keyed_oosvar_name(B) MD_TOKEN_COMMA md_emit_args(C). {
+	B = mlr_dsl_ast_node_prepend_arg(C, B);
+	A = mlr_dsl_ast_node_set_function_name(B, O->text);
+}
+
 md_emit_args(A) ::= md_rhs(B). {
 	A = mlr_dsl_ast_node_alloc_unary("temp", MD_AST_NODE_TYPE_EMIT, B);
 }