diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index a454f6513..8e639a2d3 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ### 0.4.3 (unreleased)
 
+Features:
+ * Inline assembly: support both `sucide` and `selfdestruct` opcodes
+   (note: `suicide` is deprecated)
+
 ### 0.4.2 (2016-09-17)
 
 Bugfixes:
diff --git a/libsolidity/inlineasm/AsmParser.cpp b/libsolidity/inlineasm/AsmParser.cpp
index 5c7163ee8..196b314d2 100644
--- a/libsolidity/inlineasm/AsmParser.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/inlineasm/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ assembly::Statement Parser::parseElementaryOperation(bool _onlySinglePusher)
 	// Allowed instructions, lowercase names.
 	static map<string, dev::solidity::Instruction> s_instructions;
 	if (s_instructions.empty())
+	{
 		for (auto const& instruction: solidity::c_instructions)
 		{
 			if (
@@ -141,12 +142,14 @@ assembly::Statement Parser::parseElementaryOperation(bool _onlySinglePusher)
 			)
 				continue;
 			string name = instruction.first;
-			if (instruction.second == solidity::Instruction::SUICIDE)
-				name = "selfdestruct";
 			transform(name.begin(), name.end(), name.begin(), [](unsigned char _c) { return tolower(_c); });
 			s_instructions[name] = instruction.second;
 		}
 
+		// add alias for selfdestruct
+		s_instructions["selfdestruct"] = solidity::Instruction::SUICIDE;
+	}
+
 	Statement ret;
 	switch (m_scanner->currentToken())
 	{
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/InlineAssembly.cpp b/test/libsolidity/InlineAssembly.cpp
index 8d1a1d6cd..9e96246d2 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/InlineAssembly.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/InlineAssembly.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(simple_instructions)
 	BOOST_CHECK(successParse("{ dup1 dup1 mul dup1 sub }"));
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(suicide_selfdestruct)
+{
+	BOOST_CHECK(successParse("{ suicide selfdestruct }"));
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(keywords)
 {
 	BOOST_CHECK(successParse("{ byte return }"));