diff --git a/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts b/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
index 9d9751192..7bd87ad81 100644
--- a/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
+++ b/src/files/BrsFile.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { DiagnosticMessages } from '../DiagnosticMessages';
 import type { StandardizedFileEntry } from 'roku-deploy';
 import util, { standardizePath as s } from '../util';
 import PluginInterface from '../PluginInterface';
-import { trim, trimMap } from '../testHelpers.spec';
+import { expectZeroDiagnostics, trim, trimMap } from '../testHelpers.spec';
 import { ParseMode } from '../parser/Parser';
 import { Logger } from '../Logger';
 
@@ -383,6 +383,18 @@ describe('BrsFile', () => {
     });
 
     describe('parse', () => {
+        it('supports iife in assignment', () => {
+            program.addOrReplaceFile('source/main.brs', `
+                sub main()
+                    result = sub()
+                    end sub()
+                    result = (sub()
+                    end sub)()
+                end sub
+            `);
+            expectZeroDiagnostics(program);
+        });
+
         it('uses the proper parse mode based on file extension', () => {
             function testParseMode(destPath: string, expectedParseMode: ParseMode) {
                 const file = program.addOrReplaceFile<BrsFile>(destPath, '');
diff --git a/src/files/BrsFile.ts b/src/files/BrsFile.ts
index f082b1e9b..41ef20ec3 100644
--- a/src/files/BrsFile.ts
+++ b/src/files/BrsFile.ts
@@ -648,12 +648,13 @@ export class BrsFile {
         for (let func of this._parser.references.functionExpressions) {
             //for all function calls in this function
             for (let expression of func.callExpressions) {
-
                 if (
                     //filter out dotted function invocations (i.e. object.doSomething()) (not currently supported. TODO support it)
                     (expression.callee as any).obj ||
                     //filter out method calls on method calls for now (i.e. getSomething().getSomethingElse())
-                    (expression.callee as any).callee
+                    (expression.callee as any).callee ||
+                    //filter out callees without a name (immediately-invoked function expressions)
+                    !(expression.callee as any).name
                 ) {
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/src/parser/Parser.spec.ts b/src/parser/Parser.spec.ts
index c990c1eae..c4d6fa7dc 100644
--- a/src/parser/Parser.spec.ts
+++ b/src/parser/Parser.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { PrintStatement, FunctionStatement, NamespaceStatement, ImportStatement
 import { Range } from 'vscode-languageserver';
 import { DiagnosticMessages } from '../DiagnosticMessages';
 import { isBlock, isCommentStatement, isFunctionStatement, isIfStatement } from '../astUtils';
+import { expectZeroDiagnostics } from '../testHelpers.spec';
 
 describe('parser', () => {
     it('emits empty object when empty token list is provided', () => {
@@ -95,6 +96,40 @@ describe('parser', () => {
     });
 
     describe('parse', () => {
+        it('supports ungrouped iife in assignment', () => {
+            const parser = parse(`
+                sub main()
+                    result = sub()
+                    end sub()
+                    result = function()
+                    end function()
+                end sub
+            `);
+            expectZeroDiagnostics(parser);
+        });
+
+        it('supports grouped iife in assignment', () => {
+            const parser = parse(`
+                sub main()
+                    result = (sub()
+                    end sub)()
+                    result = (function()
+                    end function)()
+                end sub
+            `);
+            expectZeroDiagnostics(parser);
+        });
+
+        it('supports returning iife call', () => {
+            const parser = parse(`
+                sub main()
+                    return (sub()
+                    end sub)()
+                end sub
+            `);
+            expectZeroDiagnostics(parser);
+        });
+
         it('supports using "interface" as parameter name', () => {
             expect(parse(`
                 sub main(interface as object)
diff --git a/src/parser/Parser.ts b/src/parser/Parser.ts
index 8cd0f4608..a13a34dbe 100644
--- a/src/parser/Parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser/Parser.ts
@@ -1937,7 +1937,13 @@ export class Parser {
 
     private anonymousFunction(): Expression {
         if (this.checkAny(TokenKind.Sub, TokenKind.Function)) {
-            return this.functionDeclaration(true);
+            const func = this.functionDeclaration(true);
+            //if there's an open paren after this, this is an IIFE
+            if (this.check(TokenKind.LeftParen)) {
+                return this.finishCall(this.advance(), func);
+            } else {
+                return func;
+            }
         }
 
         //template string