diff --git a/src/comp/front/eval.rs b/src/comp/front/eval.rs
index 3366ddf51ab..8ed646f38d0 100644
--- a/src/comp/front/eval.rs
+++ b/src/comp/front/eval.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import ast::ident;
 import front::parser::parser;
 import front::parser::spanned;
 import front::parser::new_parser;
-import front::parser::parse_inner_attributes;
+import front::parser::parse_inner_attrs_and_next;
 import front::parser::parse_mod_items;
 import util::common;
 import util::common::filename;
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ fn eval_crate_directive(ctx cx, env e, @ast::crate_directive cdir, str prefix,
             auto p0 =
                 new_parser(cx.sess, e, start_id, full_path, cx.chpos,
                            cx.next_ann);
-            auto inner_attrs = parse_inner_attributes(p0);
+            auto inner_attrs = parse_inner_attrs_and_next(p0);
             auto first_item_outer_attrs = inner_attrs._1;
             auto m0 = parse_mod_items(p0, token::EOF,
                                       first_item_outer_attrs);
diff --git a/src/comp/front/parser.rs b/src/comp/front/parser.rs
index 4e694a112dc..f1121c814aa 100644
--- a/src/comp/front/parser.rs
+++ b/src/comp/front/parser.rs
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ fn parse_item_mod(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto id = parse_ident(p);
     expect(p, token::LBRACE);
-    auto inner_attrs = parse_inner_attributes(p);
+    auto inner_attrs = parse_inner_attrs_and_next(p);
     auto first_item_outer_attrs = inner_attrs._1;
     auto m = parse_mod_items(p, token::RBRACE,
                              first_item_outer_attrs);
@@ -2095,8 +2095,8 @@ fn parse_attribute_naked(&parser p, ast::attr_style style,
 // next item (since we can't know whether the attribute is an inner attribute
 // of the containing item or an outer attribute of the first contained item
 // until we see the semi).
-fn parse_inner_attributes(&parser p) -> tup(vec[ast::attribute],
-                                            vec[ast::attribute]) {
+fn parse_inner_attrs_and_next(&parser p) -> tup(vec[ast::attribute],
+                                                vec[ast::attribute]) {
     let vec[ast::attribute] inner_attrs = [];
     let vec[ast::attribute] next_outer_attrs = [];
     while (p.peek() == token::POUND) {
@@ -2117,6 +2117,14 @@ fn parse_inner_attributes(&parser p) -> tup(vec[ast::attribute],
     ret tup(inner_attrs, next_outer_attrs);
 }
 
+fn parse_inner_attrs(&parser p) -> vec[ast::attribute] {
+    auto attrs_and_next = parse_inner_attrs_and_next(p);
+    if (vec::len(attrs_and_next._1) > 0u) {
+        // FIXME: Don't drop this dangling attr on the ground
+    }
+    ret attrs_and_next._0;
+}
+
 fn parse_meta_item(&parser p) -> @ast::meta_item {
     auto lo = p.get_lo_pos();
     auto ident = parse_ident(p);
@@ -2369,6 +2377,8 @@ fn parse_crate_directives(&parser p, token::token term) ->
 fn parse_crate_from_crate_file(&parser p) -> @ast::crate {
     auto lo = p.get_lo_pos();
     auto prefix = std::fs::dirname(p.get_filemap().name);
+    // FIXME (issue #487): Do something with these attrs
+    auto attrs = parse_inner_attrs(p);
     auto cdirs = parse_crate_directives(p, token::EOF);
     let vec[str] deps = [];
     auto cx =
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/crate-attributes.rc b/src/test/run-pass/crate-attributes.rc
index c0ed56556b8..0896f834b8b 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/crate-attributes.rc
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/crate-attributes.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#[name = "crate-attributes"];
+#[vers = "1.0"];
+
 mod m = "crate-attributes-src" {
   mod foo;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}