diff --git a/collects/racket/contract/private/arr-i-parse.rkt b/collects/racket/contract/private/arr-i-parse.rkt
index 998635b946..2a7241f31d 100644
--- a/collects/racket/contract/private/arr-i-parse.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/contract/private/arr-i-parse.rkt
@@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ and then operates on it to generate the expanded form
     
     ;; no dups in the rest var
     (when (istx-rst istx)
+      (when (rst-vars (istx-rst istx))
+        (not-range-bound (rst-vars (istx-rst istx))))
       (no-var-dups (rst-var (istx-rst istx))))
     
-    
     ;; dependent arg variables are all bound, but not to a range variable
     (for ([an-arg (in-list (istx-args istx))])
       (let ([a-vars (arg-vars an-arg)])
@@ -154,14 +155,12 @@ and then operates on it to generate the expanded form
         [sp '()])
 
     (define (link from to)
-      (printf "linking ~s => ~s\n" from to)
       (set! sp (cons from sp))
       (free-identifier-mapping-put!
        neighbors from
        (cons to (free-identifier-mapping-get neighbors from (λ () '())))))
     
     (define (no-links from)
-      (printf "no links ~s\n" from)
       (set! sp (cons from sp))
       (free-identifier-mapping-put! neighbors from '()))
     
@@ -181,11 +180,19 @@ and then operates on it to generate the expanded form
              (link (res-var a-res) nvar))]
           [else
            (no-links (res-var a-res))])))
+    
+    (let ([a-rst (istx-rst istx)])
+      (when a-rst
+        (cond
+          [(rst-vars a-rst)
+           (for ([nvar (in-list (rst-vars a-rst))])
+             (link (rst-var a-rst) nvar))]
+          [else
+           (no-links (rst-var a-rst))])))
            
     (for ([var (in-list sp)])
       (let loop ([var var]
                  [visited '()])
-        (printf "var ~s\n" var)
         (cond
           [(free-identifier-mapping-get safe var (λ () #f))
            (void)]
diff --git a/collects/racket/contract/scratch.rkt b/collects/racket/contract/scratch.rkt
index bf5c2ab3c6..1e4080c68e 100644
--- a/collects/racket/contract/scratch.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/contract/scratch.rkt
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ test cases:
      any)
 ; => unknown dependent variable
 
+(->i ([x (y) number?])
+     [y number?])
+; => domain cannot depend on a range variable
+
+(->i ()
+     #:rest [x (y) number?]
+     [y number?])
+; => domain cannot depend on a range variable
+
 (->i ([x (x) number?])
      any)
 ; => cyclic dependencies not allowed
@@ -81,6 +90,11 @@ test cases:
 
 ;; => cyclic depenencies
 
+(->i ()
+     #:rest [x (x) number?]
+     any)
+; => error cyclic dependencies
+
 (->i ([x (y) number?]
       [y number?])
      any)
@@ -91,8 +105,10 @@ test cases:
              [y number?]))
 ; => no syntax error
 
-(->i ([x (y) number?])
-     [y number?])
-; => domain cannot depend on a range variable
+(->i ()
+     #:rest [x number?]
+     [y (x) number?])
+;; => no syntax error
+
 
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