diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
index a0bd07d681..7da49fc6f0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
@@ -1633,6 +1633,10 @@ func (s *state) expr(n *Node) *ssa.Value {
 
 		s.startBlock(bResult)
 		return s.variable(n, Types[TBOOL])
+	case OCOMPLEX:
+		r := s.expr(n.Left)
+		i := s.expr(n.Right)
+		return s.newValue2(ssa.OpComplexMake, n.Type, r, i)
 
 	// unary ops
 	case OMINUS: