diff --git a/formula/inc/formula/FormulaCompiler.hxx b/formula/inc/formula/FormulaCompiler.hxx
index 97b7b980678a..4da7318807a2 100644
--- a/formula/inc/formula/FormulaCompiler.hxx
+++ b/formula/inc/formula/FormulaCompiler.hxx
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ private:
     void InitSymbolsEnglish() const;   /// only SymbolsEnglish, maybe later
     void InitSymbolsPODF() const;      /// only SymbolsPODF, on demand
     void InitSymbolsODFF() const;      /// only SymbolsODFF, on demand
+    void InitSymbolsEnglishXL() const; /// only SymbolsEnglishXL, on demand
 
     void loadSymbols(USHORT _nSymbols,FormulaGrammar::Grammar _eGrammar,NonConstOpCodeMapPtr& _xMap) const;
 
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ private:
     mutable NonConstOpCodeMapPtr  mxSymbolsPODF;                          // ODF 1.1 symbols
     mutable NonConstOpCodeMapPtr  mxSymbolsNative;                        // native symbols
     mutable NonConstOpCodeMapPtr  mxSymbolsEnglish;                       // English symbols
+    mutable NonConstOpCodeMapPtr  mxSymbolsEnglishXL;                     // English Excel symbols (for VBA formula parsing)
 };
 // =============================================================================
 } // formula
diff --git a/formula/inc/formula/grammar.hxx b/formula/inc/formula/grammar.hxx
index 5f8e6be82350..a6f542ac5054 100644
--- a/formula/inc/formula/grammar.hxx
+++ b/formula/inc/formula/grammar.hxx
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ public:
         GRAM_NATIVE_XL_R1C1 = ::com::sun::star::sheet::FormulaLanguage::NATIVE  |
                                 ((CONV_XL_R1C1       +
                                   kConventionOffset) << kConventionShift),
+        /// English with Excel A1 reference style.
+        GRAM_ENGLISH_XL_A1   = ::com::sun::star::sheet::FormulaLanguage::XL_ENGLISH  |
+                                ((CONV_XL_A1         +
+                                  kConventionOffset) << kConventionShift)            |
+                                kEnglishBit,
+        /// English with Excel R1C1 reference style.
+        GRAM_ENGLISH_XL_R1C1 = ::com::sun::star::sheet::FormulaLanguage::XL_ENGLISH  |
+                                ((CONV_XL_R1C1       +
+                                  kConventionOffset) << kConventionShift)            |
+                                kEnglishBit,
         /// Central definition of the default grammar to be used.
         GRAM_DEFAULT        = GRAM_NATIVE_UI,
 
@@ -177,6 +187,8 @@ public:
             case GRAM_NATIVE_ODF     :
             case GRAM_NATIVE_XL_A1   :
             case GRAM_NATIVE_XL_R1C1 :
+            case GRAM_ENGLISH_XL_A1  :
+            case GRAM_ENGLISH_XL_R1C1:
                 return true;
             default:
                 return extractFormulaLanguage( eGrammar) == GRAM_EXTERNAL;
diff --git a/formula/source/core/api/FormulaCompiler.cxx b/formula/source/core/api/FormulaCompiler.cxx
index 607700960ca1..2a2832d59f0d 100644
--- a/formula/source/core/api/FormulaCompiler.cxx
+++ b/formula/source/core/api/FormulaCompiler.cxx
@@ -568,6 +568,11 @@ FormulaCompiler::OpCodeMapPtr FormulaCompiler::GetOpCodeMap( const sal_Int32 nLa
                 InitSymbolsNative();
             xMap = mxSymbolsNative;
             break;
+        case FormulaLanguage::XL_ENGLISH:
+            if (!mxSymbolsEnglishXL)
+                InitSymbolsEnglishXL();
+            xMap = mxSymbolsEnglishXL;
+            break;
         default:
             ;   // nothing, NULL map returned
     }
@@ -680,6 +685,22 @@ void FormulaCompiler::InitSymbolsODFF() const
         loadSymbols(RID_STRLIST_FUNCTION_NAMES_ENGLISH_ODFF,FormulaGrammar::GRAM_ODFF,s_sSymbol);
     mxSymbolsODFF = s_sSymbol;
 }
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void FormulaCompiler::InitSymbolsEnglishXL() const
+{
+    static NonConstOpCodeMapPtr s_sSymbol;
+    if ( !s_sSymbol.get() )
+        loadSymbols(RID_STRLIST_FUNCTION_NAMES_ENGLISH,FormulaGrammar::GRAM_ENGLISH,s_sSymbol);
+    mxSymbolsEnglishXL = s_sSymbol;
+
+    // TODO: For now, just replace the separators to the Excel English
+    // variants. Later, if we want to properly map Excel functions with Calc
+    // functions, we'll need to do a little more work here.
+    mxSymbolsEnglishXL->putOpCode(sal_Unicode(','), ocSep);
+    mxSymbolsEnglishXL->putOpCode(sal_Unicode(','), ocArrayColSep);
+    mxSymbolsEnglishXL->putOpCode(sal_Unicode(';'), ocArrayRowSep);
+}
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void FormulaCompiler::loadSymbols(USHORT _nSymbols,FormulaGrammar::Grammar _eGrammar,NonConstOpCodeMapPtr& _xMap) const
 {