diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index c23a4169d8a..941994f040e 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -500,7 +500,9 @@ pub fn make_call(
 
 pub fn is_gleam_reserved_word(s: &str) -> bool {
     match s {
-        "pub" | "fn" | "import" | "as" | "type" | "extern" | "case" | "try" | "assert" => true,
+        "pub" | "fn" | "import" | "as" | "type" | "extern" | "case" | "let" | "try" | "assert" => {
+            true
+        }
         _ => false,
     }
 }