diff --git a/assembler-8608.lua b/assembler-8608.lua
index 683280e..dd7f80a 100644
--- a/assembler-8608.lua
+++ b/assembler-8608.lua
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ local directiveFunctions = {
 	org    = function(state, addr) state.curAddr = decodeNumber(addr) end,
 	align  = function(state, alns) local aln = decodeNumber(alns); if state.curAddr % aln ~= 0 then state.curAddr = state.curAddr + (aln - state.curAddr%aln) end end,
 	define = true,
+	space  = function(state, amts) local amt = decodeNumber(amts); state.curAddr = state.curAddr + amt; end,
 }
 local function assembleCode(code, instrs)
 	local validWords = validWordsFromInstrs(instrs)