diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/Lists.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/Lists.rsc
index 9d43b55d8e..aff8f7b056 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/Lists.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/Lists.rsc
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ test bool AssignFromEnd1(){ L = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]; L[-1] = 90; return L ==
 test bool AssignFromEnd2(){ L = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]; L[-2] = 80; return L ==  [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,80,9]; }
 test bool AssignFromEnd3(){ L = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]; L[-10] = 10; return L == [10,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]; }
 
+// Nested Lists
+
+test bool AssignNestedList1(){ L = [[0,1,2],[3,4,5],[6,7,8,9]]; L[1][2] = 50; return L ==  [[0,1,2],[3,4,50],[6,7,8,9]]; }
+test bool AccessNestedList1(){ L = [[0,1,2],[3,4,5],[6,7,8,9]]; return L[1][2] == 5; }
+test bool AssignNestedList2(){ L = [[0,1,2],[3,4,5],[6,7,8,9]]; L[-2][-1] = 50; return L ==  [[0,1,2],[3,4,50],[6,7,8,9]]; }
+test bool AccessNestedList2(){ L = [[0,1,2],[3,4,5],[6,7,8,9]]; return L[-2][-1] == 5; }
+
 // Library functions
 
 test bool tstDelete(list[&T] L) {
diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/semantics/dynamic/Assignable.java b/src/org/rascalmpl/semantics/dynamic/Assignable.java
index 0c561225e8..09da1039fc 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/semantics/dynamic/Assignable.java
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/semantics/dynamic/Assignable.java
@@ -607,8 +607,11 @@ public Result<IValue> interpret(IEvaluator<Result<IValue>> __eval) {
 			if (receiver.getStaticType().isList()) {
 				if (subscript.getStaticType().isInteger()) {
 					IList list = (IList) receiver.getValue();
-					IValue result = list.get(((IInteger) subscript.getValue())
-							.intValue());
+					int index = ((IInteger) subscript.getValue()).intValue();
+					if (index < 0) {
+						index += list.length();
+					}
+					IValue result = list.get(index);
 					Type type = receiver.getStaticType().getElementType();
 					return normalizedResult(__eval, type, result);
 				}