diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Compile/Compute/Concrete.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Compile/Compute/Concrete.hs
index 6edddaf14..f2e7c282d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GF/Compile/Compute/Concrete.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Compile/Compute/Concrete.hs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ data Value s
   | VFlt Double
   | VStr String
   | VC [Value s]
+  | VGlue (Value s) (Value s)
   | VPatt Int (Maybe Int) Patt
   | VPattType (Value s)
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ eval env t@(Glue t1 t2) []  = do v1 <- eval env t1 []
                                  v2 <- eval env t2 []
                                  case liftM2 (++) (value2string v1) (value2string v2) of
                                    Just s  -> return (string2value s)
-                                   Nothing -> evalError ("Cannot reduce term" <+> pp t)
+                                   Nothing -> return (VGlue v1 v2)
 eval env (EPatt min max p) [] = return (VPatt min max p)
 eval env (EPattType t)  []  = do v <- eval env t []
                                  return (VPattType v)
@@ -323,6 +324,10 @@ value2term i (VC vs) = do
   case ts of
     []     -> return Empty
     (t:ts) -> return (foldl C t ts)
+value2term i (VGlue v1 v2) = do
+  t1 <- value2term i v1
+  t2 <- value2term i v2
+  return (Glue t1 t2)
 value2term i (VPatt min max p) = return (EPatt min max p)
 value2term i (VPattType v) = do t <- value2term i v
                                 return (EPattType t)
diff --git a/testsuite/compiler/compute/predef.gfs b/testsuite/compiler/compute/predef.gfs
index 14fc0a920..6387ea14c 100644
--- a/testsuite/compiler/compute/predef.gfs
+++ b/testsuite/compiler/compute/predef.gfs
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ cc "x"++SOFT_SPACE++"y"
 cc "x"++CAPIT++"y"
 cc "x"++ALL_CAPIT++"y"
 cc "a"+"b"
+cc <\x->x+"b" : Str -> Str>
 cc eqInt (length ("a"+"b")) 2
diff --git a/testsuite/compiler/compute/predef.gfs.gold b/testsuite/compiler/compute/predef.gfs.gold
index 275df82bf..ee14f8659 100644
--- a/testsuite/compiler/compute/predef.gfs.gold
+++ b/testsuite/compiler/compute/predef.gfs.gold
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ user error
 "x" ++ Predef.CAPIT ++ "y"
 "x" ++ Predef.ALL_CAPIT ++ "y"
 "ab"
+\v0 -> v0 + "b"
 Predef.PTrue