diff --git a/src/engine.rs b/src/engine.rs
index c0ccad18..5418a382 100644
--- a/src/engine.rs
+++ b/src/engine.rs
@@ -544,10 +544,15 @@ impl Engine<'_> {
             Expr::Identifier(id, pos) => {
                 Self::search_scope(scope, id, Ok, *pos).map(|(_, val)| val)
             }
+
+            // lhs[idx_expr]
             Expr::Index(lhs, idx_expr, idx_pos) => self
                 .eval_index_expr(scope, lhs, idx_expr, *idx_pos)
                 .map(|(_, _, _, x)| x),
 
+            // Statement block
+            Expr::Block(block, _) => self.eval_stmt(scope, block),
+
             // lhs = rhs
             Expr::Assignment(lhs, rhs, _) => {
                 let rhs_val = self.eval_expr(scope, rhs)?;
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index d01ecdce..328b496e 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ pub enum Expr {
     Identifier(String, Position),
     CharConstant(char, Position),
     StringConstant(String, Position),
+    Block(Box<Stmt>, Position),
     FunctionCall(String, Vec<Expr>, Option<Dynamic>, Position),
     Assignment(Box<Expr>, Box<Expr>, Position),
     Dot(Box<Expr>, Box<Expr>, Position),
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ impl Expr {
             | Expr::CharConstant(_, pos)
             | Expr::StringConstant(_, pos)
             | Expr::FunctionCall(_, _, _, pos)
+            | Expr::Block(_, pos)
             | Expr::Array(_, pos)
             | Expr::True(pos)
             | Expr::False(pos)
@@ -1185,6 +1187,14 @@ fn parse_array_expr<'a>(
 }
 
 fn parse_primary<'a>(input: &mut Peekable<TokenIterator<'a>>) -> Result<Expr, ParseError> {
+    // Block statement as expression
+    match input.peek() {
+        Some(&(Token::LeftBrace, pos)) => {
+            return parse_block(input).map(|block| Expr::Block(Box::new(block), pos))
+        }
+        _ => (),
+    }
+
     let token = input.next();
 
     let mut follow_on = false;