diff --git a/src/cmdparse.l b/src/cmdparse.l
index 9a236efc..d8320578 100644
--- a/src/cmdparse.l
+++ b/src/cmdparse.l
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ grow                            { return TOK_GROW; }
 px                              { return TOK_PX; }
 or                              { return TOK_OR; }
 ppt                             { return TOK_PPT; }
+nop                             { BEGIN(WANT_WS_STRING); return TOK_NOP; }
 restore                         { BEGIN(WANT_WS_STRING); return TOK_RESTORE; }
 mark                            { BEGIN(WANT_WS_STRING); return TOK_MARK; }
 
diff --git a/src/cmdparse.y b/src/cmdparse.y
index 7f9dfd46..c2f0222e 100644
--- a/src/cmdparse.y
+++ b/src/cmdparse.y
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ char *parse_cmd(const char *new) {
 %token TOK_PX "px"
 %token TOK_OR "or"
 %token TOK_PPT "ppt"
+%token TOK_NOP "nop"
 
 %token TOK_CLASS "class"
 %token TOK_ID "id"
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ operation:
     | level
     | mark
     | resize
+    | nop
     ;
 
 exec:
@@ -609,6 +611,16 @@ mark:
     }
     ;
 
+nop:
+    TOK_NOP WHITESPACE STR
+    {
+        printf("-------------------------------------------------\n");
+        printf("  NOP: %s\n", $<string>3);
+        printf("-------------------------------------------------\n");
+        free($<string>3);
+    }
+    ;
+
 resize:
     TOK_RESIZE WHITESPACE resize_way WHITESPACE direction resize_px resize_tiling
     {