diff --git a/src/QRegex/P5Regex/Actions.nqp b/src/QRegex/P5Regex/Actions.nqp
index 59a639237f..4f798c38af 100644
--- a/src/QRegex/P5Regex/Actions.nqp
+++ b/src/QRegex/P5Regex/Actions.nqp
@@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ class QRegex::P5Regex::Actions is HLL::Actions {
                     QAST::SVal.new( :value(~$<number> - 1) ) ) );
         }
     }
+    
+    method p5assertion:sym«<»($/) {
+        if $<nibbler> {
+            make QAST::Regex.new(
+                :rxtype<subrule>, :subtype<zerowidth>, :negate($<neg> eq '!'), :node($/),
+                QAST::Node.new(
+                    QAST::SVal.new( :value('after') ),
+                    qbuildsub(self.flip_ast($<nibbler>.ast), :anon(1), :addself(1))
+                ));
+        }
+        else {
+            make 0;
+        }
+    }
    
     method p5assertion:sym<=>($/) {
         if $<nibbler> {
@@ -362,6 +376,22 @@ class QRegex::P5Regex::Actions is HLL::Actions {
         nqp::deletekey(%capnames, '$!to');
         %capnames;
     }
+    
+    method flip_ast($qast) {
+        return $qast unless nqp::istype($qast, QAST::Regex);
+        if $qast.rxtype eq 'literal' {
+            $qast[0] := $qast[0].reverse();
+        }
+        elsif $qast.rxtype eq 'concat' {
+            my @tmp;
+            while +@($qast) { @tmp.push(@($qast).shift) }
+            while @tmp      { @($qast).push(self.flip_ast(@tmp.pop)) }
+        }
+        else {
+            for @($qast) { self.flip_ast($_) }
+        }
+        $qast
+    }
 
 
     # XXX Below here copied from p6regex; needs review
@@ -549,20 +579,4 @@ class QRegex::P5Regex::Actions is HLL::Actions {
         else { $ast.name($name); }
         $ast.subtype('capture');
     }
-
-    method flip_ast($qast) {
-        return $qast unless nqp::istype($qast, QAST::Regex);
-        if $qast.rxtype eq 'literal' {
-            $qast[0] := $qast[0].reverse();
-        }
-        elsif $qast.rxtype eq 'concat' {
-            my @tmp;
-            while +@($qast) { @tmp.push(@($qast).shift) }
-            while @tmp      { @($qast).push(self.flip_ast(@tmp.pop)) }
-        }
-        else {
-            for @($qast) { self.flip_ast($_) }
-        }
-        $qast
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/QRegex/P5Regex/Grammar.nqp b/src/QRegex/P5Regex/Grammar.nqp
index 8ae4401657..0c92a34059 100644
--- a/src/QRegex/P5Regex/Grammar.nqp
+++ b/src/QRegex/P5Regex/Grammar.nqp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ grammar QRegex::P5Regex::Grammar is HLL::Grammar {
 
     proto token p5assertion { <...> }
     
+    token p5assertion:sym«<» { <sym> $<neg>=['='|'!'] [ <?before ')'> | <nibbler> ] }
     token p5assertion:sym<=> { <sym> [ <?before ')'> | <nibbler> ] }
     token p5assertion:sym<!> { <sym> [ <?before ')'> | <nibbler> ] }