diff --git a/executables/APITests.hs b/executables/APITests.hs
--- a/executables/APITests.hs
+++ b/executables/APITests.hs
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
 main = htfMain $ htf_thisModulesTests
 
 
-test_demo =
+test_demo = do
   assertEqual
     "function(){\n  function(){\n    {\n      indented line\n      indented line\n    }\n  }\n  return {\n    indented line\n    indented line\n  }\n}\n"
     (template a a)
+  assertEqual
+    "this_could_be_one_long_identifier\n"
+    (escaped "one")
   where
     template a b = 
       [string|
@@ -22,5 +25,6 @@
           return $b
         }
       |]
+    escaped name = [string|this_could_be_${name}_long_identifier|]
     a = "{\n  indented line\n  indented line\n}"
 
diff --git a/library/NeatInterpolation.hs b/library/NeatInterpolation.hs
--- a/library/NeatInterpolation.hs
+++ b/library/NeatInterpolation.hs
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@
 -- 
 -- See how it neatly preserved the indentation levels of lines the 
 -- variable placeholders were at?  
+--
+-- If you need to separate variable placeholder from the following text to
+-- prevent treating the rest of line as variable name, use escaped variable:
+--
+-- > f name = [string|this_could_be_${name}_long_identifier|]
+--
+-- So
+--
+-- > f "one" == "this_could_be_one_long_identifier"
 module NeatInterpolation (string, indentQQPlaceholder) where
 
 import BasePrelude
diff --git a/library/NeatInterpolation/Parsing.hs b/library/NeatInterpolation/Parsing.hs
--- a/library/NeatInterpolation/Parsing.hs
+++ b/library/NeatInterpolation/Parsing.hs
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     countIndent = fmap length $ try $ lookAhead $ many $ char ' '
     content = try identifier <|> contentText
     identifier = fmap LineContentIdentifier $ 
-      string "$" *> many1 (alphaNum <|> char '\'' <|> char '_')
+      char '$' *> (try identifier' <|> between (char '{') (char '}') identifier')
+    identifier' = many1 (alphaNum <|> char '\'' <|> char '_')
     contentText = do
       text <- manyTill anyChar end
       if null text
diff --git a/neat-interpolation.cabal b/neat-interpolation.cabal
--- a/neat-interpolation.cabal
+++ b/neat-interpolation.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name:
   neat-interpolation
 version:
-  0.2.2.1
+  0.2.3
 synopsis:
   A quasiquoter for neat and simple multiline text interpolation
 description:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     APITests.hs
   build-depends:
     neat-interpolation,
-    HTF >= 0.11 && < 0.13,
+    HTF >= 0.11 && < 0.14,
     base-prelude == 0.1.*
   default-extensions:
     Arrows, BangPatterns, ConstraintKinds, DataKinds, DefaultSignatures, DeriveDataTypeable, DeriveFunctor, DeriveGeneric, EmptyDataDecls, FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances, FunctionalDependencies, GADTs, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, ImpredicativeTypes, LambdaCase, LiberalTypeSynonyms, MagicHash, MultiParamTypeClasses, MultiWayIf, NoImplicitPrelude, NoMonomorphismRestriction, OverloadedStrings, PatternGuards, ParallelListComp, QuasiQuotes, RankNTypes, RecordWildCards, ScopedTypeVariables, StandaloneDeriving, TemplateHaskell, TupleSections, TypeFamilies, TypeOperators, UnboxedTuples