diff --git a/lib/pgFormatter/Beautify.pm b/lib/pgFormatter/Beautify.pm
index 123c635..69d9c04 100755
--- a/lib/pgFormatter/Beautify.pm
+++ b/lib/pgFormatter/Beautify.pm
@@ -648,6 +648,13 @@ sub tokenize_sql
     if ($self->{ 'keep_newline' }) {
 	    @query = grep { /(?:\S|^[\r\n]+$)/ } $query =~ m{$re}simxg;
     }
+    # fix := operator that can not be found when attached to the variable name
+    for (my $i = 0; $i < $#query; $i++) {
+	if ($query[$i] =~ /:$/ && $query[$i+1] =~ /^=/) {
+		$query[$i] =~ s/:$//;
+		$query[$i+1] =~ s/^/:/;
+    	}
+    }
 
     # Revert position when a comment is before a comma
     if ($self->{ 'comma' } eq 'end')
diff --git a/t/test-files/ex64.sql b/t/test-files/ex64.sql
index 3d88235..0a2004a 100644
--- a/t/test-files/ex64.sql
+++ b/t/test-files/ex64.sql
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DECLARE
     a_val partitioned_table.a%TYPE;
     result partitioned_table%ROWTYPE;
 BEGIN
-    a_val := $1;
+    a_val:= $1;
 
     SELECT * INTO result FROM partitioned_table WHERE a = a_val;