diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
index 226011bdf..e471efd48 100644
--- a/license.txt
+++ b/license.txt
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ License: GPL-2+ with Autoconf exception
 
 Files: scripts/dynare.el
 Copyright: 2010 Yannick Kalantzis
-           2019-2021 Dynare Team
+           2019-2023 Dynare Team
 License: GPL-3+
 
 Files: mex/sources/gensylv/gensylv.cc
diff --git a/scripts/dynare.el b/scripts/dynare.el
index bf8642b0d..a7558ca91 100644
--- a/scripts/dynare.el
+++ b/scripts/dynare.el
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                (setq cur-indent (current-indentation)))
               ((looking-at (concat "^[ \t]*" (eval-when-compile (regexp-opt
                                                                  dynare-blocks))
-                                   "[ \t]*;"))
+                                   "\\([ \t]*(.*)\\)?[ \t]*;")) ; NB: match block options if any
                ;; A block opening keyword was found: we need to indent an extra level
                (setq cur-indent (+ (current-indentation) dynare-block-offset))) ; Do the actual indenting
               ((bobp)