diff --git a/src/macros.js b/src/macros.js
index 8efcdd76..5eb44849 100644
--- a/src/macros.js
+++ b/src/macros.js
@@ -659,6 +659,15 @@ defineMacro("\\mod", "\\allowbreak" +
     "\\mathchoice{\\mkern18mu}{\\mkern12mu}{\\mkern12mu}{\\mkern12mu}" +
     "{\\rm mod}\\,\\,#1");
 
+// \pmb    --   A simulation of bold.
+// It works by typesetting three copies of the argument with small offsets.
+// Ref: a rather lengthy macro in ambsy.sty
+defineMacro("\\pmb", "\\html@mathml{\\@binrel{#1}{" +
+    "\\mathrlap{#1}" +
+    "\\mathrlap{\\mkern0.4mu\\raisebox{0.4mu}{$#1$}}" +
+    "{\\mkern0.8mu#1}" +
+    "}}{\\mathbf{#1}}");
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // LaTeX source2e
 
diff --git a/test/katex-spec.js b/test/katex-spec.js
index 33a74599..6d9ac0d1 100644
--- a/test/katex-spec.js
+++ b/test/katex-spec.js
@@ -1535,6 +1535,17 @@ describe("A font parser", function() {
     });
 });
 
+describe("A \\pmb builder", function() {
+    it("should not fail", function() {
+        expect("\\pmb{\\mu}").toBuild();
+        expect("\\pmb{=}").toBuild();
+        expect("\\pmb{+}").toBuild();
+        expect("\\pmb{\\frac{x^2}{x_1}}").toBuild();
+        expect("\\pmb{}").toBuild();
+        expect("\\def\\x{1}\\pmb{\\x\\def\\x{2}}").toParseLike("\\pmb{1}");
+    });
+});
+
 describe("A comment parser", function() {
     it("should parse comments at the end of a line", () => {
         expect("a^2 + b^2 = c^2 % Pythagoras' Theorem\n").toParse();
diff --git a/test/screenshotter/images/Pmb-chrome.png b/test/screenshotter/images/Pmb-chrome.png
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diff --git a/test/screenshotter/images/Pmb-firefox.png b/test/screenshotter/images/Pmb-firefox.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml b/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
index c5ebb093..1c07fa82 100644
--- a/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
+++ b/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ Phantom: \begin{array}{l}
             \dfrac{1+\phantom{x^{\blue{2}}} = x}{1+x^{\blue{2}} = x} \left(\vphantom{\int_t} zzz \right) \left( X \hphantom{\frac{\frac X X}{X}} \right)\\
             \text{a \phantom{123} b \hphantom{45678} c \vphantom{101112} d}
          \end{array}
+Pmb: \mu\pmb{\mu}\pmb{=}\mu\pmb{+}\mu
 PrimeSpacing: f'+f_2'+f^{f'}
 PrimeSuper: x'^2+x'''^2+x'^2_3+x_3'^2
 Raisebox: \frac{a}{a\raisebox{0.5em}{b}} \cdot \frac{a\raisebox{-0.5em}{b}}{a} \cdot \sqrt{a\raisebox{0.5em}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{a\raisebox{-0.5em}{b}} \cdot \sqrt{a\raisebox{0.5em}{b}\raisebox{-0.5em}{b}}