diff --git a/src/Init/Lean/Parser/Parser.lean b/src/Init/Lean/Parser/Parser.lean
index 205ee6c273..1afb244f03 100644
--- a/src/Init/Lean/Parser/Parser.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Lean/Parser/Parser.lean
@@ -1279,10 +1279,11 @@ structure ParserCategory :=
 abbrev ParserCategories := PersistentHashMap Name ParserCategory
 
 def currLbp (left : Syntax) (c : ParserContext) (s : ParserState) : ParserState × Nat :=
-let (s, stx) := peekToken c s;
-match stx with
-| some (Syntax.atom _ sym) =>
-  match c.tokens.matchPrefix sym 0 with
+let (s, stx?) := peekToken c s;
+match stx? with
+| some stx@(Syntax.atom _ sym) =>
+  if sym == "$" && checkTailNoWs stx then (s, appPrec) -- TODO: split `lbpNoWs` into "before" and "after", and set right lbp for '$' in antiquotations
+  else match c.tokens.matchPrefix sym 0 with
   | (_, some tk) => match tk.lbp, tk.lbpNoWs with
     | some lbp, none         => (s, lbp)
     | none, some lbpNoWs     => (s, lbpNoWs)
@@ -1842,9 +1843,7 @@ let nameP := checkNoWsBefore ("no space before ':" ++ name ++ "'") >> symbolAux
 -- if parsing the kind fails and `anonymous` is true, check that we're not ignoring a different
 -- antiquotation kind via `noImmediateColon`
 let nameP := if anonymous then nameP <|> noImmediateColon >> pushNone >> pushNone else nameP;
-node kind $ try $ dollarSymbol >> checkNoWsBefore "no space before" >>
-  antiquotExpr >>
-  nameP >> optional "*"
+node kind $ try $ dollarSymbol >> checkNoWsBefore "no space before" >> antiquotExpr >> nameP >> optional "*"
 
 def ident {k : ParserKind} : Parser k :=
 mkAntiquot "ident" `ident <|> identNoAntiquot
diff --git a/tests/lean/run/macro_macro.lean b/tests/lean/run/macro_macro.lean
index d33ad99e6c..df866d79a8 100644
--- a/tests/lean/run/macro_macro.lean
+++ b/tests/lean/run/macro_macro.lean
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 new_frontend
 
-macro mk_m id:ident v:str n:num c:char : command => `(macro $id:ident : term => `(fun (x : String) => x ++ $v ++ (toString $n) ++ (toString $c)))
+macro mk_m id:ident v:str n:num c:char : command => `(macro $id:ident : term => `(fun (x : String) => x ++ $v ++ toString $n ++ toString $c))
 
 mk_m foo "bla" 10 'a'
 mk_m boo "hello" 3 'b'