diff --git a/MANUAL.md b/MANUAL.md
index 0ec04c849..8ad2010e3 100644
--- a/MANUAL.md
+++ b/MANUAL.md
@@ -343,10 +343,16 @@ hledger currently ignores them. They look like this:
 
 ledger supports
 [balance assertions](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Balance-assertions):
-following a posting's amount, an equals sign and another amount which
-is the expected balance in this account at this point. hledger does
-not support this feature, but will parse and ignore such assertions,
-so you can put them in your journal and test with ledger if needed.
+following a posting's amount, an equals sign and another amount which is
+the expected balance in this account at this point. hledger does not
+currently enforce these but will ignore them, so you can put them in your
+journal and test with ledger if needed.
+
+### Fixed Lot Prices
+
+Similarly, we ignore ledger's 
+[fixed lot prices](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Fixing-lot-prices).
+hledger's [prices](#transaction-prices) always work like ledger's fixed lot prices.
 
 ### Comments
 
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Commodity.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Commodity.hs
index a99f433bb..3f807557e 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Commodity.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Commodity.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import Hledger.Data.Types
 import Hledger.Utils
 
 
-nonsimplecommoditychars = "0123456789-.@;\n \"" :: String
+-- characters than can't be in a non-quoted commodity symbol
+nonsimplecommoditychars = "0123456789-.@;\n \"{}" :: String
 
 quoteCommoditySymbolIfNeeded s | any (`elem` nonsimplecommoditychars) s = "\"" ++ s ++ "\""
                                | otherwise = s
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
index f9c86631c..ab582ed21 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ posting = do
   let (ptype, account') = (accountNamePostingType account, unbracket account)
   amount <- spaceandamountormissing
   _ <- balanceassertion
+  _ <- fixedlotprice
   many spacenonewline
   (inlinecomment, inlinetag) <- inlinecomment
   (nextlinecomments, nextlinetags) <- commentlines
@@ -518,8 +519,8 @@ tests_posting = [
     assertBool "posting parses a quoted commodity with numbers"
       (isRight $ parseWithCtx nullctx posting "  a  1 \"DE123\"\n")
 
-  ,"posting parses a balance assertion" ~: do
-    assertBool "" (isRight $ parseWithCtx nullctx posting "  a  1 \"DE123\" =$1\n")
+  ,"posting parses balance assertions and fixed lot prices" ~: do
+    assertBool "" (isRight $ parseWithCtx nullctx posting "  a  1 \"DE123\" =$1 { =2.2 EUR} \n")
  ]
 
 -- | Parse an account name, then apply any parent account prefix and/or account aliases currently in effect.
@@ -670,6 +671,21 @@ balanceassertion =
           return $ Just a)
          <|> return Nothing
 
+-- http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Fixing-Lot-Prices
+fixedlotprice :: GenParser Char JournalContext (Maybe MixedAmount)
+fixedlotprice =
+    try (do
+          many spacenonewline
+          char '{'
+          many spacenonewline
+          char '='
+          many spacenonewline
+          a <- amount -- XXX should restrict to a simple amount
+          many spacenonewline
+          char '}'
+          return $ Just a)
+         <|> return Nothing
+
 -- | Parse a numeric quantity for its value and display attributes.  Some
 -- international number formats (cf
 -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator) are accepted: either