diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eb29a06cb..cc6e84dc5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-12-03  Barton E. Schaefer  <schaefer@zsh.org>
+
+	* 40071: Src/subst.c: change Dash back to "-" before evaluating
+	named directory expansions
+
 2016-12-03  Daniel Shahaf  <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>
 
 	* 40068: Src/params.c, Test/B02typeset.ztst: Abort execution
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@
 	* 40036: Completion/Debian/Command/_bts: Complete removal
 	syntaxes correctly.
 
-2016-11-29  Barton E. Schaefer  <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
+2016-11-29  Barton E. Schaefer  <schaefer@zsh.org>
 
 	* 40034: Src/subst.c: clear badcshglob when ignoring errors
 
diff --git a/Src/subst.c b/Src/subst.c
index 06d2c9ea9..64b440027 100644
--- a/Src/subst.c
+++ b/Src/subst.c
@@ -650,6 +650,8 @@ filesubstr(char **namptr, int assign)
 	char *ptr, *tmp, *res, *ptr2;
 	int val;
 
+	if (str[1] == Dash)
+	    str[1] = '-';
 	val = zstrtol(str + 1, &ptr, 10);
 	if (isend(str[1])) {   /* ~ */
 	    *namptr = dyncat(home ? home : "", str + 1);