diff --git a/preprocessor/DynareBison.yy b/preprocessor/DynareBison.yy
index 5cc425fc8..678e3ce4f 100644
--- a/preprocessor/DynareBison.yy
+++ b/preprocessor/DynareBison.yy
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ class ParsingDriver;
 %token MHM_FILE OUTPUT_FILE_TAG DRAWS_NBR_BURN_IN_1 DRAWS_NBR_BURN_IN_2 DRAWS_NBR_MEAN_VAR_ESTIMATE
 %token DRAWS_NBR_MODIFIED_HARMONIC_MEAN DIRICHLET_SCALE
 %token SBVAR MS_SBVAR
+%token SVAR_IDENTIFICATION EQUATION EXCLUSION LAG UPPER_CHOLESKY LOWER_CHOLESKY
+%token MARKOV_SWITCHING CHAIN STATE DURATION NUMBER_OF_STATES
+%token SVAR COEFFICIENTS VARIANCES CONSTANTS
 
 %type <node_val> expression expression_or_empty
 %type <node_val> equation hand_side model_var
@@ -231,6 +234,9 @@ statement : parameters
           | conditional_forecast
           | conditional_forecast_paths
           | plot_conditional_forecast
+          | svar_identification
+          | markov_switching
+          | svar
           ;
 
 dsample : DSAMPLE INT_NUMBER ';'
@@ -591,6 +597,67 @@ det_shock_elem : VAR symbol ';' PERIODS period_list ';' VALUES value_list ';'
                  { driver.add_det_shock($2, false); }
                ;
 
+svar_identification : SVAR_IDENTIFICATION ';' svar_identification_list END
+                      { ;}
+                    ;
+
+svar_identification_list : svar_exclusion_list
+                           { ;}
+                         | UPPER_CHOLESKY ';'
+                           { ;}
+                         | LOWER_CHOLESKY ';'
+                           { ;}
+                         ;
+
+svar_exclusion_list : svar_exclusion_list svar_exclusion_elem
+                    | svar_exclusion_elem
+                    ;
+
+svar_exclusion_elem : EXCLUSION LAG INT_NUMBER ';' svar_equation_list
+                      { ;}
+                    ;
+
+svar_equation_list : svar_equation_list EQUATION INT_NUMBER COMMA svar_var_list ';'
+                     { ;}
+                   | EQUATION INT_NUMBER COMMA svar_var_list ';'
+                     { ;}
+                   ;
+
+svar_var_list : svar_var_list COMMA symbol
+                { ;}
+              | symbol
+                { ;}
+              ;
+
+markov_switching : MARKOV_SWITCHING '(' ms_options_list ')' ';'
+                   { ;}
+                 ;
+
+ms_options_list : ms_options_list COMMA ms_options
+                | ms_options
+                ;
+
+ms_options : o_chain
+           | o_state
+           | o_duration
+           | o_number_of_states
+           ;
+
+svar : SVAR '(' svar_options_list ')' ';'
+       { ;}
+     ;
+
+svar_options_list : svar_options_list COMMA svar_options
+                  | svar_options
+                  ;
+
+svar_options : o_coefficients
+             | o_variances
+             | o_constants
+             | o_equation
+             | o_chain
+             ;
+
 mshocks : MSHOCKS ';' mshock_list END { driver.end_mshocks(); };
 
 mshock_list : mshock_list det_shock_elem
@@ -1792,6 +1859,23 @@ o_draws_nbr_mean_var_estimate : DRAWS_NBR_MEAN_VAR_ESTIMATE EQUAL INT_NUMBER {dr
 o_draws_nbr_modified_harmonic_mean : DRAWS_NBR_MODIFIED_HARMONIC_MEAN EQUAL INT_NUMBER {driver.option_num("ms.draws_nbr_modified_harmonic_mean",$3); };
 o_dirichlet_scale : DIRICHLET_SCALE EQUAL INT_NUMBER {driver.option_num("ms.dirichlet_scale",$3); };
 
+o_chain : CHAIN EQUAL INT_NUMBER {  ;};
+o_state : STATE EQUAL INT_NUMBER {  ;};
+o_duration : DURATION EQUAL number
+             {  ;}
+           | DURATION EQUAL INF_CONSTANT
+             {  ;}
+           ;
+o_number_of_states : NUMBER_OF_STATES EQUAL INT_NUMBER {  ;};
+o_coefficients : COEFFICIENTS { ;};
+o_variances : VARIANCES { ;};
+o_constants : CONSTANTS { ;};
+o_equation : EQUATION EQUAL vec_int
+             { ; }
+           | EQUATION EQUAL INT_NUMBER
+             { ; }
+           ;
+
 range : symbol ':' symbol
         {
           $1->append(":");
diff --git a/preprocessor/DynareFlex.ll b/preprocessor/DynareFlex.ll
index d91c0e119..ba0560ee7 100644
--- a/preprocessor/DynareFlex.ll
+++ b/preprocessor/DynareFlex.ll
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+
 %{
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ int sigma_e = 0;
 <INITIAL>ms_sbvar {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::MS_SBVAR;}
 <INITIAL>conditional_forecast {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::CONDITIONAL_FORECAST;}
 <INITIAL>plot_conditional_forecast {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::PLOT_CONDITIONAL_FORECAST;}
+
+<INITIAL>markov_switching {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::MARKOV_SWITCHING;}
+<INITIAL>svar {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::SVAR;}
  /* End of a Dynare statement */
 
 <DYNARE_STATEMENT>; {
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ int sigma_e = 0;
 <INITIAL>calib_var 	{BEGIN DYNARE_BLOCK; return token::CALIB_VAR;}
 <INITIAL>homotopy_setup {BEGIN DYNARE_BLOCK; return token::HOMOTOPY_SETUP;}
 <INITIAL>conditional_forecast_paths {BEGIN DYNARE_BLOCK; return token::CONDITIONAL_FORECAST_PATHS;}
-
+<INITIAL>svar_identification {BEGIN DYNARE_BLOCK; return token::SVAR_IDENTIFICATION;}
  /* End of a Dynare block */
 <DYNARE_BLOCK>end[ \t\n]*; 	{BEGIN INITIAL; return token::END;}
 
@@ -390,6 +394,19 @@ int sigma_e = 0;
 <DYNARE_STATEMENT>planner_discount {return token::PLANNER_DISCOUNT;}
 <DYNARE_STATEMENT>labels {return token::LABELS;}
 
+<DYNARE_STATEMENT,DYNARE_BLOCK>equation {return token::EQUATION;}
+<DYNARE_BLOCK>exclusion {return token::EXCLUSION;}
+<DYNARE_BLOCK>lag {return token::LAG;}
+<DYNARE_BLOCK>upper_cholesky {return token::UPPER_CHOLESKY;}
+<DYNARE_BLOCK>lower_cholesky {return token::LOWER_CHOLESKY;}
+<DYNARE_STATEMENT>chain {return token::CHAIN;}
+<DYNARE_STATEMENT>state {return token::STATE;}
+<DYNARE_STATEMENT>number_of_states {return token::NUMBER_OF_STATES;}
+<DYNARE_STATEMENT>duration {return token::DURATION;}
+<DYNARE_STATEMENT>coefficients {return token::COEFFICIENTS;}
+<DYNARE_STATEMENT>variances {return token::VARIANCES;}
+<DYNARE_STATEMENT>constants {return token::CONSTANTS;}
+
 <DYNARE_STATEMENT>[\.] {return Dynare::parser::token_type (yytext[0]);}
 <DYNARE_STATEMENT>[\\] {return Dynare::parser::token_type (yytext[0]);}
 <DYNARE_STATEMENT>[\'] {return Dynare::parser::token_type (yytext[0]);}