diff --git a/src/functions.js b/src/functions.js
index aa9f0e971..777b1096b 100644
--- a/src/functions.js
+++ b/src/functions.js
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ defineFunction([
     // aliases
     "\\Bbb", "\\bold", "\\frak"
 ], {
-    numArgs: 1
+    numArgs: 1,
+    greediness: 2
 }, function (func, body) {
     if (func in fontAliases) {
         func = fontAliases[func];
diff --git a/test/katex-spec.js b/test/katex-spec.js
index 0f40cff06..446636982 100644
--- a/test/katex-spec.js
+++ b/test/katex-spec.js
@@ -1259,6 +1259,10 @@ describe("A font parser", function () {
         expect(bf.value.body.value[1].value.font).toMatch("mathrm");
         expect(bf.value.body.value[2].value).toMatch("c");
     });
+    
+    it("should have the correct greediness", function() {
+        expect("e^\\mathbf{x}").toParse();
+    });
 });
 
 describe("An HTML font tree-builder", function () {