diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d7319796b..fd95219ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ bumpversion:
 # is just a symlink to your actual ABC working directory, as 'make mrproper'
 # will remove the 'abc' directory and you do not want to accidentally
 # delete your work on ABC..
-ABCREV = f6dc4a5
+ABCREV = 144c5be
 ABCPULL = 1
 ABCURL ?= https://github.com/berkeley-abc/abc
 ABCMKARGS = CC="$(CXX)" CXX="$(CXX)" ABC_USE_LIBSTDCXX=1
diff --git a/frontends/aiger/aigerparse.cc b/frontends/aiger/aigerparse.cc
index b18049df1..bded2bfee 100644
--- a/frontends/aiger/aigerparse.cc
+++ b/frontends/aiger/aigerparse.cc
@@ -271,14 +271,24 @@ end_of_header:
 			if ((c == 'i' && l1 > inputs.size()) || (c == 'l' && l1 > latches.size()) || (c == 'o' && l1 > outputs.size()))
 				log_error("Line %u has invalid symbol position!\n", line_count);
 
+			RTLIL::IdString escaped_s = stringf("\\%s", s.c_str());
 			RTLIL::Wire* wire;
 			if (c == 'i') wire = inputs[l1];
 			else if (c == 'l') wire = latches[l1];
-			else if (c == 'o') wire = outputs[l1];
+			else if (c == 'o') {
+				wire = module->wire(escaped_s);
+				if (wire) {
+					// Could have been renamed by a latch
+					module->swap_names(wire, outputs[l1]);
+					module->connect(outputs[l1], wire);
+					goto next;
+				}
+				wire = outputs[l1];
+			}
 			else if (c == 'b') wire = bad_properties[l1];
 			else log_abort();
 
-			module->rename(wire, stringf("\\%s", s.c_str()));
+			module->rename(wire, escaped_s);
 		}
 		else if (c == 'j' || c == 'f') {
 			// TODO
@@ -293,6 +303,7 @@ end_of_header:
 		}
 		else
 			log_error("Line %u: cannot interpret first character '%c'!\n", line_count, c);
+next:
 		std::getline(f, line); // Ignore up to start of next line
 	}
 
@@ -506,12 +517,14 @@ void AigerReader::parse_aiger_ascii()
 		clk_wire->port_input = true;
 		clk_wire->port_output = false;
 	}
+	digits = ceil(log10(L));
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < L; ++i, ++line_count) {
 		if (!(f >> l1 >> l2))
 			log_error("Line %u cannot be interpreted as a latch!\n", line_count);
 		log_debug2("%d %d is a latch\n", l1, l2);
 		log_assert(!(l1 & 1));
-		RTLIL::Wire *q_wire = createWireIfNotExists(module, l1);
+		RTLIL::Wire *q_wire = module->addWire(stringf("$l%0*d", digits, l1 >> 1));
+		module->connect(createWireIfNotExists(module, l1), q_wire);
 		RTLIL::Wire *d_wire = createWireIfNotExists(module, l2);
 
 		if (clk_wire)
@@ -629,12 +642,14 @@ void AigerReader::parse_aiger_binary()
 		clk_wire->port_input = true;
 		clk_wire->port_output = false;
 	}
+	digits = ceil(log10(L));
 	l1 = (I+1) * 2;
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < L; ++i, ++line_count, l1 += 2) {
 		if (!(f >> l2))
 			log_error("Line %u cannot be interpreted as a latch!\n", line_count);
 		log_debug("%d %d is a latch\n", l1, l2);
-		RTLIL::Wire *q_wire = createWireIfNotExists(module, l1);
+		RTLIL::Wire *q_wire = module->addWire(stringf("$l%0*d", digits, l1 >> 1));
+		module->connect(createWireIfNotExists(module, l1), q_wire);
 		RTLIL::Wire *d_wire = createWireIfNotExists(module, l2);
 
 		if (clk_wire)
@@ -946,7 +961,7 @@ struct AigerFrontend : public Frontend {
 	{
 		log_header(design, "Executing AIGER frontend.\n");
 
-		RTLIL::IdString clk_name = "\\clk";
+		RTLIL::IdString clk_name;
 		RTLIL::IdString module_name;
 		std::string map_filename;
 		bool wideports = false, xaiger = false;
diff --git a/tests/aiger/symbols.aag b/tests/aiger/symbols.aag
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93f8989f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/aiger/symbols.aag
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+aag 2 1 1 1 0
+2
+4 2 1
+4
+i0 d
+l0 q
+o0 q
+c
+Generated by Yosys 0.9+932 (git sha1 baba33fb, clang 9.0.0-2 -fPIC -Os)
diff --git a/tests/aiger/symbols.aig b/tests/aiger/symbols.aig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7922ab46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/aiger/symbols.aig
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+aig 2 1 1 1 0
+2 1
+4
+i0 d
+l0 q
+o0 q
+c
+Generated by Yosys 0.9+932 (git sha1 baba33fb, clang 9.0.0-2 -fPIC -Os)