diff --git a/Syntaxes/SCSS.sublime-syntax b/Syntaxes/SCSS.sublime-syntax
index 6b55bf79..8772d494 100644
--- a/Syntaxes/SCSS.sublime-syntax
+++ b/Syntaxes/SCSS.sublime-syntax
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ contexts:
       push: selector-class-identifier
 
   scss-bem-selector:
-    - match: (\&)([-_]+{{ident}})
+    - match: (\&)([-_]+({{ident}}|(?=#{)))
       # &--bem_ish selectors
       captures:
         1: variable.language.parent.css
diff --git a/Tests/syntax_test_scss.scss b/Tests/syntax_test_scss.scss
index a0f5bcb5..53d744f9 100644
--- a/Tests/syntax_test_scss.scss
+++ b/Tests/syntax_test_scss.scss
@@ -1381,3 +1381,16 @@ $color2 : #f00;
 // ^^^^ meta.declaration.identifier.scss
 $color3     : #f00;
 // ^^^^ meta.declaration.identifier.scss
+
+//=============================================================================
+// Bem-ish selectors with interpolation
+// https://github.com/braver/Sass/issues/45
+//=============================================================================
+&--test {}
+//^^^^^ meta.selector.css entity.other.attribute-name.css
+&--#{$test} {}
+//^ meta.selector.css entity.other.attribute-name.css
+.test & {}
+//    ^ meta.selector.css variable.language.parent.css
+.test:not() & {}
+//          ^ meta.selector.css variable.language.parent.css