Index: pcre-8.37/pcre_compile.c
===================================================================
--- a/pcre_compile.c
+++ b/pcre_compile.c
@@ -7177,14 +7177,26 @@
           number. If the name is not found, set the value to 0 for a forward
           reference. */
 
+          recno = 0;
           ng = cd->named_groups;
           for (i = 0; i < cd->names_found; i++, ng++)
             {
             if (namelen == ng->length &&
                 STRNCMP_UC_UC(name, ng->name, namelen) == 0)
-              break;
+              {
+              open_capitem *oc;
+              recno = ng->number;
+              if (is_recurse) break;
+              for (oc = cd->open_caps; oc != NULL; oc = oc->next)         
+                {          
+                if (oc->number == recno)                                     
+                  {               
+                  oc->flag = TRUE;                                      
+                  break;
+                  }                                                         
+                }                          
+              }    
             }
-          recno = (i < cd->names_found)? ng->number : 0;
 
           /* Count named back references. */
