diff --git a/gas/config/tc-txvu.c b/gas/config/tc-txvu.c
index de38477d0a..fdbaeb23df 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-txvu.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-txvu.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ assemble_one_insn (cpu, opcode, operand_table, str, insn_buf)
 	      /* Pick the suffix out and parse it.  */
 	      /* ??? Hmmm ... there may not be any need to nul-terminate the
 		 string, and it may in fact complicate things.  */
-	      for (t = *s == '.' ? s + 1 : s;
+	      for (t = (*s == '.' || *s == '/') ? s + 1 : s;
 		   *t && (isalnum (*t) || *t == '[' || *t == ']');
 		   ++t)
 		continue;
diff --git a/opcodes/txvu-opc.c b/opcodes/txvu-opc.c
index 0f6deee8ee..56267c9d99 100644
--- a/opcodes/txvu-opc.c
+++ b/opcodes/txvu-opc.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ const struct txvu_operand txvu_operands[] =
 #define LPCREL11 (LUIMM12UP6 + 1)
   { 11, 0, TXVU_OPERAND_SIGNED + TXVU_OPERAND_RELATIVE_BRANCH, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
 
-  /* Destination indicator, single letter only, with leading '.'.  */
+  /* Destination indicator, single letter only, with leading '.' or '/'.  */
 #define LDOTDEST1 (LPCREL11 + 1)
   { 4, TXVU_SHIFT_DEST, TXVU_OPERAND_SUFFIX,
       /* Note that we borrow the insert/extract/print functions from the
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ parse_dotdest (pstr, errmsg)
 {
   long dest;
 
-  if (**pstr != '.')
+  if (**pstr != '.' && **pstr != '/')
     {
       *errmsg = "missing `.'";
       return 0;
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ parse_dotdest1 (pstr, errmsg)
   char c;
   long dest;
 
-  if (**pstr != '.')
+  if (**pstr != '.' && **pstr != '/')
     {
       *errmsg = "missing `.'";
       return 0;