diff --git a/ComputingTasks.cc b/ComputingTasks.cc
index 28de2ee551da140691e3d1d4a307dae0a75a0cf0..eaeebf2bc27bde15f83b0a3b6af732edc0dd86ce 100644
--- a/ComputingTasks.cc
+++ b/ComputingTasks.cc
@@ -1627,6 +1627,8 @@ SvarIdentificationStatement::getMaxLag() const
 void
 SvarIdentificationStatement::checkPass(ModFileStructure &mod_file_struct, WarningConsolidation &warnings)
 {
+  // no equations OK with Svar Identification
+  mod_file_struct.bvar_present = true;
   if (!mod_file_struct.svar_identification_present)
     mod_file_struct.svar_identification_present = true;
   else
@@ -1704,6 +1706,7 @@ SvarIdentificationStatement::writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename
           it->value->writeOutput(output);
           output << ";" << endl;
         }
+      output << "options_.ms.nlags = " << r << ";" << endl;
     }
 }
 
@@ -2010,6 +2013,16 @@ SvarStatement::writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename, bool minimal
     output << "'ALL';" << endl;
 }
 
+SvarGlobalIdentificationCheckStatement::SvarGlobalIdentificationCheckStatement(void)
+{
+}
+
+void
+SvarGlobalIdentificationCheckStatement::writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename, bool minimal_workspace) const
+{
+  output << "svar_global_identification_check(options_);" << std::endl;
+}
+
 SetTimeStatement::SetTimeStatement(const OptionsList &options_list_arg) :
   options_list(options_list_arg)
 {
diff --git a/ComputingTasks.hh b/ComputingTasks.hh
index 7e6d863bebaccccf242a53a42392efab2d1ffcc9..111f565fd6087cb1eb2af39766e97b84717e567c 100644
--- a/ComputingTasks.hh
+++ b/ComputingTasks.hh
@@ -640,6 +640,13 @@ public:
   virtual void writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename, bool minimal_workspace) const;
 };
 
+class SvarGlobalIdentificationCheckStatement : public Statement
+{
+public:
+  SvarGlobalIdentificationCheckStatement();
+  virtual void writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename, bool minimal_workspace) const;
+};
+
 class SetTimeStatement : public Statement
 {
 private:
diff --git a/DynareBison.yy b/DynareBison.yy
index 392d3d3efe60a54ccc2b9b23a191f6a3df0c1343..73dfb18169aea04215122585abe46c472f879876 100644
--- a/DynareBison.yy
+++ b/DynareBison.yy
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class ParsingDriver;
 %token MS_ESTIMATION MS_SIMULATION MS_COMPUTE_MDD MS_COMPUTE_PROBABILITIES MS_FORECAST
 %token SVAR_IDENTIFICATION EQUATION EXCLUSION LAG UPPER_CHOLESKY LOWER_CHOLESKY MONTHLY QUARTERLY
 %token MARKOV_SWITCHING CHAIN DURATION NUMBER_OF_REGIMES NUMBER_OF_LAGS
-%token SVAR COEFF COEFFICIENTS VARIANCES CONSTANTS EQUATIONS
+%token SVAR SVAR_GLOBAL_IDENTIFICATION_CHECK COEFF COEFFICIENTS VARIANCES CONSTANTS EQUATIONS
 %token EXTERNAL_FUNCTION EXT_FUNC_NAME EXT_FUNC_NARGS FIRST_DERIV_PROVIDED SECOND_DERIV_PROVIDED
 %token SELECTED_VARIABLES_ONLY COVA_COMPUTE SIMULATION_FILE_TAG FILE_TAG
 %token NO_ERROR_BANDS ERROR_BAND_PERCENTILES SHOCKS_PER_PARAMETER NO_CREATE_INIT
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ statement : parameters
           | conditional_forecast_paths
           | plot_conditional_forecast
           | svar_identification
+          | svar_global_identification_check
           | markov_switching
           | svar
           | external_function
@@ -850,6 +851,10 @@ restriction_elem_expression : COEFF '(' symbol COMMA INT_NUMBER ')'
                                  { driver.add_positive_restriction_element($1,$5,$7);}
                             ;
 
+svar_global_identification_check: SVAR_GLOBAL_IDENTIFICATION_CHECK ';'
+                                  { driver.add_svar_global_identification_check(); }
+                                ;
+				
 markov_switching : MARKOV_SWITCHING '(' ms_options_list ')' ';'
                    { driver.markov_switching(); }
                  ;
diff --git a/DynareFlex.ll b/DynareFlex.ll
index ce022df74363857411b69d4ed0d970c9ff54df84..f380e502101919fba499551d68eb126a792802eb 100644
--- a/DynareFlex.ll
+++ b/DynareFlex.ll
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ DATE -?[0-9]+([YyAa]|[Mm]([1-9]|1[0-2])|[Qq][1-4]|[Ww]([1-9]{1}|[1-4][0-9]|5[0-2
 
 <INITIAL>markov_switching {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::MARKOV_SWITCHING;}
 <INITIAL>svar {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::SVAR;}
+<INITIAL>svar_global_identification_check {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::SVAR_GLOBAL_IDENTIFICATION_CHECK;}
 <INITIAL>external_function {BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::EXTERNAL_FUNCTION;}
  /* End of a Dynare statement */
 <INITIAL>calib_smoother { BEGIN DYNARE_STATEMENT; return token::CALIB_SMOOTHER; } 
diff --git a/ParsingDriver.cc b/ParsingDriver.cc
index f2621fcf94a5a12abc9d1f111443bc9869962e83..26d0dc6162de649f6fcc7a7d8c615a34814bc5f4 100644
--- a/ParsingDriver.cc
+++ b/ParsingDriver.cc
@@ -1013,6 +1013,12 @@ ParsingDriver::add_constants_exclusion()
   svar_constants_exclusion = true;
 }
 
+void
+ParsingDriver::add_svar_global_identification_check()
+{
+  mod_file->addStatement(new SvarGlobalIdentificationCheckStatement);
+}
+
 void
 ParsingDriver::do_sigma_e()
 {
diff --git a/ParsingDriver.hh b/ParsingDriver.hh
index 7ad6aaf48fa7b64ad07ae7e43d937bc0e206e932..cd1a782d47a37e2a23926eeb8d06395e7f8f498b 100644
--- a/ParsingDriver.hh
+++ b/ParsingDriver.hh
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ public:
   void add_upper_cholesky();
   //! Svar_Identification Statement: restriction of form lower cholesky
   void add_lower_cholesky();
+  //! Svar_Global_Identification_Check Statement
+  void add_svar_global_identification_check();
   //! Forecast Statement
   void forecast();
   void set_trends();