diff --git a/libgfortran/ChangeLog b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
index 7392997e2af8..a249ded5f902 100644
--- a/libgfortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-10-02  Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR libfortran/33253
+	* io/list_read.c (read_character): Use DELIM_APOSTROPHE and DELIM_QUOTE
+        and quote value in check of first character in string.
+
 2007-10-02  Francois-Xavier Coudert  <fxcoudert@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR fortran/33469
diff --git a/libgfortran/io/list_read.c b/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
index 0eb1845849d6..42c534a1c2f6 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
+++ b/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
@@ -893,7 +893,10 @@ read_character (st_parameter_dt *dtp, int length __attribute__ ((unused)))
       goto get_string;
 
     default:
-      if (dtp->u.p.namelist_mode)
+      if (dtp->u.p.namelist_mode
+	  && (dtp->u.p.current_unit->flags.delim == DELIM_APOSTROPHE
+	      || dtp->u.p.current_unit->flags.delim == DELIM_QUOTE
+	      || quote == ' '))
 	{
 	  unget_char (dtp,c);
 	  return;