diff --git a/snakemake/parser.py b/snakemake/parser.py
index e82da47a4..a293b013b 100644
--- a/snakemake/parser.py
+++ b/snakemake/parser.py
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ def colon(self, token):
     def is_block_end(self, token):
         return (self.line and self.indent <= 0) or is_eof(token)
 
-    def block(self, token):
+    def block(self, token, force_block_end=False):
         if self.lasttoken == "\n" and is_comment(token):
             # ignore lines containing only comments
             self.line -= 1
-        if self.is_block_end(token):
+        if force_block_end or self.is_block_end(token):
             yield from self.decorate_end(token)
             yield "\n", token
             raise StopAutomaton(token)
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ def state_modifier(self, token):
                 )
         elif is_newline(token) or is_comment(token) or is_eof(token):
             # end of the statement, close block manually
-            yield from self.block(token)
+            yield from self.block(token, force_block_end=True)
         else:
             self.error(
                 "Expecting either 'as', 'with' or end of line in 'use rule' statement.",
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ def state_as(self, token):
             yield from ()
         elif is_newline(token) or is_comment(token) or is_eof(token):
             # end of the statement, close block manually
-            yield from self.block(token)
+            yield from self.block(token, force_block_end=True)
         else:
             self.error(
                 "Expecting rulename modifying pattern (e.g. modulename_*) after 'as' keyword.",
diff --git a/tests/test_github_issue1500/Snakefile b/tests/test_github_issue1500/Snakefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b6d8464b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_github_issue1500/Snakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+shell.executable("bash")
+
+configfile: "config/config.yaml"
+
+
+module test1:
+    snakefile:
+        "module-test/Snakefile"
+    config:
+        config
+    replace_prefix: 
+        {"results/": "results/testmodule1/"}
+
+
+
+
+module test2:
+    snakefile:
+        "module-test/Snakefile"
+    config:
+        config
+    replace_prefix: 
+        {"results/": "results/testmodule2/"}
+
+
+use rule * from test1 as test1_*
+
+use rule * from test2 as test2_*
+
+
+
+rule all:
+    default_target: True
+    input:
+        rules.test1_a.output,
+        rules.test2_a.output
+
+
+assert test1.some_func() == 15
+assert test2.some_func() == 15
diff --git a/tests/test_github_issue1500/config/config.yaml b/tests/test_github_issue1500/config/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ae63cb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_github_issue1500/config/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test: 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_github_issue1500/expected-results/.gitkeep b/tests/test_github_issue1500/expected-results/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/test_github_issue1500/module-test/Snakefile b/tests/test_github_issue1500/module-test/Snakefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d4cb5d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_github_issue1500/module-test/Snakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+configfile: "config.yaml" # does not exist, but this statement should be ignored on module import
+
+
+def some_func():
+    return 15
+
+
+rule a:
+    output:
+        "results/test.out"
+    shell:
+        "echo {config[test]} > {output}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 515e780fa..b4885dc2e 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -1582,5 +1582,10 @@ def test_pipe_depend_target_file():
     run(dpath("test_pipe_depend"), targets=["test.txt"], shouldfail=True)
 
 
+@skip_on_windows  # platform independent issue
+def test_github_issue1500():
+    run(dpath("test_github_issue1500"), dryrun=True)
+
+
 def test_github_issue1542():
     run(dpath("test_github_issue1542"), dryrun=True)