diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index cabc57b..4270da5 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 * Fixed a REPL crash caused by illegle unicode escape string inputs
 * `NaN` can no longer create an infinite loop during macro-expansion
 * Fixed a bug that caused `try` to drop expressions
+* Fixed a bug where the compiler didn't properly compile `unquote-splice`
 
 Misc. Improvements
 ----------------------------
diff --git a/hy/compiler.py b/hy/compiler.py
index e567d8d..cb2a3d1 100755
--- a/hy/compiler.py
+++ b/hy/compiler.py
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ class HyASTCompiler(object):
         ret.add_imports("hy", imports)
         return ret
 
-    @builds("unquote", "unquote-splicing")
+    @builds("unquote", "unquote-splice")
     def compile_unquote(self, expr):
         raise HyTypeError(expr,
                           "`%s' can't be used at the top-level" % expr[0])
diff --git a/tests/compilers/test_ast.py b/tests/compilers/test_ast.py
index c8d2999..9b9b16e 100644
--- a/tests/compilers/test_ast.py
+++ b/tests/compilers/test_ast.py
@@ -588,6 +588,16 @@ def test_setv_builtins():
     """)
 
 
+def test_top_level_unquote():
+    with pytest.raises(HyTypeError) as excinfo:
+        can_compile("(unquote)")
+    assert excinfo.value.message == "`unquote' can't be used at the top-level"
+
+    with pytest.raises(HyTypeError) as excinfo:
+        can_compile("(unquote-splice)")
+    assert excinfo.value.message == "`unquote-splice' can't be used at the top-level"
+
+
 def test_lots_of_comment_lines():
     # https://github.com/hylang/hy/issues/1313
     can_compile(1000 * ";\n")