diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index c5288102d..1e2ca8b83 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -2950,6 +2950,8 @@ static BC_STATUS zbc_lex_identifier(BcLex *l)
 			continue;
  match:
 		// buf starts with keyword bc_lex_kws[i]
+		if (isalnum(buf[j]) || buf[j]=='_')
+			continue; // "ifz" does not match "if" keyword, "if." does
 		l->t.t = BC_LEX_KEY_1st_keyword + i;
 		if (!bc_lex_kws_POSIX(i)) {
 			s = bc_posix_error_fmt("%sthe '%.8s' keyword", "POSIX does not allow ", bc_lex_kws[i].name8);
diff --git a/testsuite/bc.tests b/testsuite/bc.tests
index e303cf6ae..d33f8c90a 100755
--- a/testsuite/bc.tests
+++ b/testsuite/bc.tests
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ testing "bc while(cond)<NL>" \
 	"8\n7\n6\n5\n4\n3\n2\n1\n9\n" \
 	"" "i=9;while(--i)\ni\n9"
 
+testing "bc ifz does not match if keyword" \
+	"bc" \
+	"1\n2\n2\n3\n" \
+	"" "ifz=1;ifz\n++ifz;ifz++\nifz"
+
 testing "bc print 1,2,3" \
 	"bc" \
 	"123" \