diff --git a/bugs b/bugs
index 38d295ae..355870e2 100644
--- a/bugs
+++ b/bugs
@@ -3575,6 +3575,33 @@ patch = [[
 }
 
 
+Bug{
+what = [['gmatch' iterator fails when called from a coroutine different
+from the one that created it]],
+report = [[Nagaev Boris, 2016/03/18]],
+since = [[5.3.2]],
+fix = nil,
+example = [[
+local f = string.gmatch("1 2 3 4 5", "%d+")
+print(f())     --> 1
+co = coroutine.wrap(f)
+print(co())    --> ??? (should be 2)
+]],
+patch = [[
+--- lstrlib.c	2016/02/25 19:42:55	1.240
++++ lstrlib.c	2016/03/21 17:27:07
+@@ -688,14 +688,13 @@
+ static int gmatch_aux (lua_State *L) {
+   GMatchState *gm = (GMatchState *)lua_touserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(3));
+   const char *src;
++  gm->ms.L = L;
+   for (src = gm->src; src <= gm->ms.src_end; src++) {
+     const char *e;
+     reprepstate(&gm->ms);
+]]
+}
+
+
 --[=[
 Bug{
 what = [[ ]],
diff --git a/lstrlib.c b/lstrlib.c
index 2f9dbf0f..c07cdbb7 100644
--- a/lstrlib.c
+++ b/lstrlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstrlib.c,v 1.239 2015/11/25 16:28:17 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lstrlib.c,v 1.240 2016/02/25 19:42:55 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Standard library for string operations and pattern-matching
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -688,14 +688,13 @@ typedef struct GMatchState {
 static int gmatch_aux (lua_State *L) {
   GMatchState *gm = (GMatchState *)lua_touserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(3));
   const char *src;
+  gm->ms.L = L;
   for (src = gm->src; src <= gm->ms.src_end; src++) {
     const char *e;
     reprepstate(&gm->ms);
     if ((e = match(&gm->ms, src, gm->p)) != NULL) {
-      if (e == src)  /* empty match? */
-        gm->src =src + 1;  /* go at least one position */
-      else
-        gm->src = e;
+      /* in empty matches, advance at least one position */
+      gm->src = (e == src) ? src + 1 : e;
       return push_captures(&gm->ms, src, e);
     }
   }