diff --git a/builtin_set.cpp b/builtin_set.cpp
index c1bb65ccc..11fe2ab98 100644
--- a/builtin_set.cpp
+++ b/builtin_set.cpp
@@ -236,11 +236,33 @@ static int parse_index( std::vector<long> &indexes,
 			l_ind = var_count+l_ind+1;
 		}
 		
-		indexes.push_back( l_ind );
 		src = end;
-		count++;
-		while (iswspace(*src)) src++;
-	}
+        if ( *src==L'.' && *(src+1)==L'.' ){
+            src+=2;
+            long l_ind2 = wcstol( src, &end, 10 );
+            if( end==src || errno )
+            {
+                return 1;
+            }
+            src = end;
+
+            if( l_ind2 < 0 )
+            {
+                l_ind2 = var_count+l_ind2+1;
+            }
+            int direction = l_ind2<l_ind ? -1 : 1 ;
+            for (long jjj = l_ind; jjj*direction <= l_ind2*direction; jjj+=direction) {
+                // debug(0, L"Expand range [set]: %i\n", jjj); 
+                indexes.push_back( jjj );
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            indexes.push_back( l_ind );
+            count++;
+        }
+        while (iswspace(*src)) src++;
+    }
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/expand.cpp b/expand.cpp
index 0d4c84cbe..054859516 100644
--- a/expand.cpp
+++ b/expand.cpp
@@ -759,8 +759,25 @@ static int parse_slice( const wchar_t *in, wchar_t **end_ptr, std::vector<long>
 		}
         //		debug( 0, L"Push idx %d", tmp );
 		
-        idx.push_back(tmp);
 		pos = end-in;
+        if ( in[pos]==L'.' && in[pos+1]==L'.' ){
+            pos+=2;
+            long tmp1 = wcstol( &in[pos], &end, 10 );
+            if( ( errno ) || ( end == &in[pos] ) )
+            {
+                return 1;
+            }
+            pos = end-in;
+
+            debug( 0, L"Push range idx %d %d", tmp, tmp1 );
+            idx.push_back(tmp);
+            // idx.push_back(tmp2);
+            continue;
+        }
+        
+		debug( 0, L"Push idx %d", tmp );
+        idx.push_back(tmp);
+        // idx.push_back(tmp2);
 	}
 	
 	if( end_ptr )