diff --git a/Lib/test/test_parser.py b/Lib/test/test_parser.py
index 07a4c3287c9..dca904cb63d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_parser.py
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ class RoundtripLegalSyntaxTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept: pass\nelse: pass\n"
                          "finally: pass\n")
 
+    def test_except_clause(self):
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept A: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept A, e: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept A as e: pass\n")
+
     def test_position(self):
         # An absolutely minimal test of position information.  Better
         # tests would be a big project.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 828621292d0..f93f5a9e7c4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Library
 - Issue #9075: In the ssl module, remove the setting of a ``debug`` flag
   on an OpenSSL structure.
 
+- Issue #9125: Add recognition of 'except ... as ...' syntax to parser module.
 
 What's New in Python 2.7 release candidate 2?
 =============================================
diff --git a/Modules/parsermodule.c b/Modules/parsermodule.c
index c36fcb07193..5d1bfb6674e 100644
--- a/Modules/parsermodule.c
+++ b/Modules/parsermodule.c
@@ -2126,10 +2126,13 @@ validate_except_clause(node *tree)
 
     if (res && (nch > 1))
         res = validate_test(CHILD(tree, 1));
-    if (res && (nch == 4))
-        res = (validate_comma(CHILD(tree, 2))
-               && validate_test(CHILD(tree, 3)));
-
+    if (res && (nch == 4)) {
+        if (TYPE(CHILD(tree, 2)) == NAME)
+            res = validate_name(CHILD(tree, 2), "as");
+        else
+            res = validate_comma(CHILD(tree, 2));
+        res = res && validate_test(CHILD(tree, 3));
+    }
     return (res);
 }