$ git diff --cached
diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index e6ff0c4f74..4590774e44 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -9174,6 +9174,13 @@ yyl_try(pTHX_ char *s)
                 return tok;
             goto retry_bufptr;
         }
+       if (UTF && s + 2 < PL_bufend && *s == '\xE2' && s[1] == '\x88' && s[2] == '\x9E') {
+           pl_yylval.opval = newSVOP(OP_CONST, 0, newSVnv(NV_INF));
+           s += 3;
+           if (PL_expect == XOPERATOR)
+               no_op("Number",s);
+           TERM(THING);
+       }
         yyl_croak_unrecognised(aTHX_ s);
 
     case 4: