diff --git a/Src/java/cql-to-elm/src/test/java/org/cqframework/cql/cql2elm/SemanticTests.java b/Src/java/cql-to-elm/src/test/java/org/cqframework/cql/cql2elm/SemanticTests.java
index 61641519b..c0093dc27 100644
--- a/Src/java/cql-to-elm/src/test/java/org/cqframework/cql/cql2elm/SemanticTests.java
+++ b/Src/java/cql-to-elm/src/test/java/org/cqframework/cql/cql2elm/SemanticTests.java
@@ -503,6 +503,12 @@ define function EncountersWithServiceType(encounters List<Encounter>, valueSet S
         assertThat(ivs.getValuesetExpression(), instanceOf(OperandRef.class));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testIssue827() throws IOException {
+        // https://github.com/cqframework/clinical_quality_language/issues/827
+        TestUtils.runSemanticTest("Issue827.cql", 0);
+    }
+
 
     @Test
     public void testIssueEmptySourceInterval() throws IOException {
@@ -667,7 +673,7 @@ public void testCaseConditionalReturnTypes() throws IOException {
         }
 
         ExpressionDef caseDef = defs.get("Cases");
-    
+
         assertThat(caseDef.getResultType(), instanceOf(ChoiceType.class));
 
         ChoiceType choiceType = (ChoiceType)caseDef.getResultType();
diff --git a/Src/java/cql-to-elm/src/test/resources/org/cqframework/cql/cql2elm/Issue827.cql b/Src/java/cql-to-elm/src/test/resources/org/cqframework/cql/cql2elm/Issue827.cql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f8fca83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Src/java/cql-to-elm/src/test/resources/org/cqframework/cql/cql2elm/Issue827.cql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+library Issue827
+
+// https://github.com/cqframework/clinical_quality_language/issues/827
+
+// The problem was that the escaped identifier was not resolving correctly
+define "Referencing Expression":
+    "This is the \"referenced\" expression"
+
+define "This is the \"referenced\" expression":
+    'The reference resolved!'
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