diff --git a/module/ice-9/match.scm b/module/ice-9/match.scm
index 1a2a61e..b72d005 100644
--- a/module/ice-9/match.scm
+++ b/module/ice-9/match.scm
@@ -115,6 +115,53 @@
       ((_ newpat  m ()            v kt ke i)
        (syntax (match-one v newpat () kt ke i))))))
 
+;;Bug (match '(1 2) ((and x (a ... b))  b)) fails without the following fix
+(define-syntax match-gen-ellipses
+  (syntax-rules ()
+    ((_ v p () g+s (sk ...) fk i ((id id-ls) ...))
+     (match-check-identifier p
+       ;; simplest case equivalent to (p ...), just bind the list
+       (let ((p v))
+         (if (list? p)
+             (sk ... i)
+             fk))
+       ;; simple case, match all elements of the list
+       (let loop ((ls v) (id-ls '()) ...)
+         (cond
+           ((null? ls)
+            (let ((id (reverse id-ls)) ...) (sk ... i)))
+           ((pair? ls)
+            (let ((w (car ls)))
+              (match-one w p ((car ls) (set-car! ls))
+                         (match-drop-ids (loop (cdr ls) (cons id id-ls) ...))
+                         fk i)))
+           (else
+            fk)))))
+    ((_ v p r g+s (sk ...) fk i ((id id-ls) ...))
+     ;; general case, trailing patterns to match, keep track of the
+     ;; remaining list length so we don't need any backtracking
+     (match-verify-no-ellipses
+      r
+      (let* ((tail-len (length 'r))
+             (ls v)
+             (len (length ls)))
+        (if (< len tail-len)
+            fk
+            (let loop ((ls ls) (n len) (id-ls '()) ...)
+              (cond
+                ((= n tail-len)
+                 (let ((id (reverse id-ls)) ...)
+                   (match-one ls r (#f #f) (sk ...) fk i)))
+                ((pair? ls)
+                 (let ((w (car ls)))
+                   (match-one w p ((car ls) (set-car! ls))
+                              (match-drop-ids
+                               (loop (cdr ls) (- n 1) (cons id id-ls) ...))
+                              fk
+                              i)))
+                (else
+                 fk)))))))))
+
 ;;We must be able to extract vars in the new constructs!!
 (define-syntax match-extract-vars
   (syntax-rules (_ ___ *** ? $ = quote quasiquote and or not get! set!)
@@ -241,5 +288,5 @@
 		    #'(begin exp ...))))))
 
 (include-from-path/filtered
- (match-extract-vars match-two match)
- "ice-9/match.upstream.scm")
\ No newline at end of file
+ (match-gen-ellipses match-extract-vars match-two match)
+ "ice-9/match.upstream.scm")