diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index 4ced5d73..edfc0e06 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -2736,7 +2736,7 @@ namespace chaiscript {
 
         while (has_more) {
           const auto start = m_position;
-          if (Def(true, t_class_name) || Var_Decl(true, t_class_name)) {
+          if (Def(true, t_class_name)) {
             if (!saw_eol) {
               throw exception::eval_error("Two function definitions missing line separator",
                                           File_Position(start.line, start.col),
@@ -2745,6 +2745,15 @@ namespace chaiscript {
             has_more = true;
             retval = true;
             saw_eol = true;
+          } else if (Var_Decl(true, t_class_name)) {
+            if (!saw_eol) {
+              throw exception::eval_error("Two expressions missing line separator",
+                                          File_Position(start.line, start.col),
+                                          *m_filename);
+            }
+            has_more = true;
+            retval = true;
+            saw_eol = false;
           } else if (Eol()) {
             has_more = true;
             retval = true;
diff --git a/unittests/class_missing_line_separator.chai b/unittests/class_missing_line_separator.chai
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b7c107f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/class_missing_line_separator.chai
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+// Test that two var declarations on the same line in a class body
+// are rejected with a "missing line separator" error (issue #592)
+
+try {
+  eval("class Foo { var x var y }")
+  assert_true(false)
+} catch (eval_error) {
+}
+
+// Also verify that properly separated declarations still work
+class Bar {
+  var x
+  var y
+  def Bar() {
+    this.x = 1
+    this.y = 2
+  }
+}
+
+auto b = Bar()
+assert_equal(1, b.x)
+assert_equal(2, b.y)