diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index c90d1c3c1..efeb53902 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 ***   Fix power operator on wide constants, bug761. [Clifford Wolf]
 
+***   Fix .* on interface pins, bug1176. [Maciej Piechotka]
+
 
 * Verilator 3.904 2017-05-30
 
diff --git a/src/V3LinkCells.cpp b/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
index 5a9f59804..f49789032 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkCells.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ private:
 			    UINFO(9,"    need .* PORT  "<<portp<<endl);
 			    // Create any not already connected
 			    AstPin* newp = new AstPin(nodep->fileline(),0,portp->name(),
-						      new AstVarRef(nodep->fileline(),portp->name(),false));
+						      new AstParseRef(nodep->fileline(),
+								      AstParseRefExp::PX_TEXT, portp->name(), NULL, NULL));
 			    newp->svImplicit(true);
 			    nodep->addPinsp(newp);
 			} else {  // warn on the CELL that needs it, not the port
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_interface_star.pl b/test_regress/t/t_interface_star.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1118f2e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_interface_star.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003-2009 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+
+compile (
+    );
+
+execute (
+    check_finished=>1,
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_interface_star.v b/test_regress/t/t_interface_star.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e51c06a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_interface_star.v
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed into the Public Domain, for any use,
+// without warranty, 2017 by Wilson Snyder.
+
+module t (/*AUTOARG*/
+   // Inputs
+   clk
+   );
+
+   input clk;
+   integer cyc=1;
+
+   counter_io c_data();
+
+   counter_ansi c1 (.clk, .*);
+
+   always @ (posedge clk) begin
+      cyc <= cyc + 1;
+      if (cyc==20) begin
+	 if (c_data.value != 12345) $stop;
+	 $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+	 $finish;
+      end
+   end
+endmodule
+
+interface counter_io;
+  integer value;
+endinterface
+
+module counter_ansi
+  (
+   input clk,
+   counter_io c_data
+   );
+
+   always_ff @ (posedge clk) begin
+      c_data.value <= 12345;
+   end
+endmodule : counter_ansi