diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e9ecf75d..9d063433 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 27/1/16 started 8.2.3
 - fix a crash with SPARC byte-order labq vips images
+- fix parsing of filenames containing brackets, thanks shilpi230
 
 12/1/16 started 8.2.2
 - changes to ease compiling C++ binding with MSVC [Lovell Fuller]
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/util.c b/libvips/iofuncs/util.c
index dd531983..74b4aec8 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/util.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/util.c
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ vips__token_get( const char *p, VipsToken *token, char *string, int size )
 		 * so the next break must be bracket, equals, comma.
 		 */
 		*token = VIPS_TOKEN_STRING;
-		n = strcspn( p, "<[{()}]>=," );
+		n = strcspn( p, "[]=," );
 		i = VIPS_MIN( n, size );
 		vips_strncpy( string, p, i + 1 );
 		p += n;