diff --git a/src/tools/jam/compile.c b/src/tools/jam/compile.c
index 94c1bdc4b9..5eb32e37f1 100644
--- a/src/tools/jam/compile.c
+++ b/src/tools/jam/compile.c
@@ -515,7 +515,15 @@ compile_rule(
 	/* Run rules, appending results from each */
 
 	for( l = ll; l; l = list_next( l ) )
-	    result = evaluate_rule( l->string, nargs, result );
+	{
+	    int localJmp = JMP_NONE;
+	    result = evaluate_rule( l->string, nargs, result, &localJmp );
+	    if (localJmp == JMP_EOF)
+	    {
+			*jmp = JMP_EOF;
+			break;
+	    }
+	}
 
 	list_free( ll );
 	lol_free( nargs );
@@ -531,7 +539,8 @@ LIST *
 evaluate_rule(
 	const char *rulename,
 	LOL	*args, 
-	LIST	*result )
+	LIST	*result,
+	int	*jmp )
 {
 	RULE	*rule = bindrule( rulename );
 
@@ -576,7 +585,6 @@ evaluate_rule(
 	{
 	    PARSE *parse = rule->procedure;
 	    SETTINGS *s = 0;
-	    int jmp = JMP_NONE;
 	    LIST *l;
 	    int i;
 
@@ -593,7 +601,7 @@ evaluate_rule(
 	    parse_refer( parse );
 
 	    pushsettings( s );
-	    result = list_append( result, (*parse->func)( parse, args, &jmp ) );
+	    result = list_append( result, (*parse->func)( parse, args, jmp ) );
 	    popsettings( s );
 	    freesettings( s );
 
diff --git a/src/tools/jam/compile.h b/src/tools/jam/compile.h
index ab7b5e6460..220281ae08 100644
--- a/src/tools/jam/compile.h
+++ b/src/tools/jam/compile.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ LIST *compile_settings( PARSE *parse, LOL *args, int *jmp );
 LIST *compile_switch( PARSE *parse, LOL *args, int *jmp );
 LIST *compile_while( PARSE *parse, LOL *args, int *jmp );
 
-LIST *evaluate_rule( const char *rulename, LOL *args, LIST *result );
+LIST *evaluate_rule( const char *rulename, LOL *args, LIST *result, int *jmp );
 
 /* Conditions for compile_if() */
 
diff --git a/src/tools/jam/headers.c b/src/tools/jam/headers.c
index c1513d185e..86f31d1110 100644
--- a/src/tools/jam/headers.c
+++ b/src/tools/jam/headers.c
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ headers( TARGET *t )
 #endif
 
 	if( lol_get( &lol, 1 ) )
-	    list_free( evaluate_rule( hdrrule->string, &lol, L0 ) );
+	{
+	    int jmp = JMP_NONE;
+	    list_free( evaluate_rule( hdrrule->string, &lol, L0, &jmp ) );
+	}
 
 	/* Clean up */