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diff --git a/lib/pure/strscans.nim b/lib/pure/strscans.nim
index f7032f428..347dbc2ef 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strscans.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strscans.nim
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ substrings starting with ``$``. These constructions are available:
 ``$h``              Matches a hex integer. This uses ``parseutils.parseHex``.
 ``$f``              Matches a floating pointer number. Uses ``parseFloat``.
 ``$w``              Matches an ASCII identifier: ``[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*``.
+``$c``              Matches a single ASCII character.
 ``$s``              Skips optional whitespace.
 ``$$``              Matches a single dollar sign.
 ``$.``              Matches if the end of the input string has been reached.
@@ -345,6 +346,12 @@ macro scanf*(input: string; pattern: static[string]; results: varargs[typed]): b
         else:
           matchError
         inc i
+      of 'c':
+        if i < results.len and getType(results[i]).typeKind == ntyChar:
+          matchBind "parseChar"
+        else:
+          matchError
+        inc i
       of 'b':
         if i < results.len and getType(results[i]).typeKind == ntyInt:
           matchBind "parseBin"