diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/StatementBuilder.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/StatementBuilder.cs
index 4f7b94ea8..3c5a8f2b5 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/StatementBuilder.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/StatementBuilder.cs
@@ -279,26 +279,34 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp
 			    && container.EntryPoint.Instructions[0].MatchIfInstruction(out var conditionInst, out var trueInst)
 			    && container.EntryPoint.Instructions[1].MatchLeave(container)) {
 				// detected while(condition)-loop or for-loop
+				// we have to check if there's an increment block before converting the loop body using ConvertAsBlock(trueInst)
+				// and set the continueTarget to correctly convert 'br incrementBlock' instructions to continue; 
+				Block incrementBlock = null;
+				if (container.EntryPoint.IncomingEdgeCount == 2) {
+					incrementBlock = container.Blocks.SingleOrDefault(b => b.Instructions.Last().MatchBranch(container.EntryPoint) && b.Instructions.All(IsSimpleStatement));
+					if (incrementBlock != null)
+						continueTarget = incrementBlock;
+				}
 				conditionExpr = exprBuilder.TranslateCondition(conditionInst);
 				blockStatement = ConvertAsBlock(trueInst);
 				if (!trueInst.HasFlag(InstructionFlags.EndPointUnreachable))
 					blockStatement.Add(new BreakStatement());
-				if (container.EntryPoint.IncomingEdgeCount == 2) {
-					var incrementBlock = container.Blocks.SingleOrDefault(b => b.Instructions.Last().MatchBranch(container.EntryPoint));
-					if (incrementBlock != null) {
-						// for-loop
-/*						continueTarget = incrementBlock;
-						var forStmt = new ForStatement() {
-							Condition = conditionExpr,
-							EmbeddedStatement = ConvertBlockContainer(blockStatement, container, container.Blocks.Skip(1).Where(b => b != incrementBlock), true)
-						};
-						for (int i = 0; i < incrementBlock.Instructions.Count - 1; i++) {
-							forStmt.Iterators.Add(Convert(incrementBlock.Instructions[i]));
-						}
-						return forStmt;*/
+				if (incrementBlock != null) {
+					// for-loop
+					var forBody = ConvertBlockContainer(blockStatement, container, container.Blocks.Skip(1).Where(b => b != incrementBlock), true);
+					var forStmt = new ForStatement() {
+						Condition = conditionExpr,
+						EmbeddedStatement = forBody
+					};
+					for (int i = 0; i < incrementBlock.Instructions.Count - 1; i++) {
+						forStmt.Iterators.Add(Convert(incrementBlock.Instructions[i]));
 					}
+					if (incrementBlock.IncomingEdgeCount > continueCount)
+						forBody.Add(new LabelStatement { Label = incrementBlock.Label });
+					if (forBody.LastOrDefault() is ContinueStatement continueStmt)
+						continueStmt.Remove();
+					return forStmt;
 				}
-
 				blockStatement = ConvertBlockContainer(blockStatement, container, container.Blocks.Skip(1), true);
 			} else {
 				// do-while or while(true)-loop
@@ -325,6 +333,20 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp
 			return new WhileStatement(conditionExpr, blockStatement);
 		}
 
+		private static bool IsSimpleStatement(ILInstruction inst)
+		{
+			switch (inst) {
+				case IfInstruction i:
+				case SwitchInstruction s:
+				case TryCatch t:
+				case TryFault fa:
+				case TryFinally fi:
+					return false;
+				default:
+					return true;
+			}
+		}
+
 		private static Block FindDoWhileConditionBlock(BlockContainer container, out ILInstruction condition)
 		{
 			var conditionGroup = new CaptureGroup();
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Transforms/PatternStatementTransform.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Transforms/PatternStatementTransform.cs
index 48035868c..4029711a1 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Transforms/PatternStatementTransform.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Transforms/PatternStatementTransform.cs
@@ -595,26 +595,53 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp.Transforms
 							}))
 				}
 			}};
-		
+
+		static readonly ForStatement forLoopWithoutInitializer = new ForStatement {
+			Condition = new BinaryOperatorExpression {
+				Left = new NamedNode("ident", new IdentifierExpression(Pattern.AnyString)),
+				Operator = BinaryOperatorType.Any,
+				Right = new AnyNode("endExpr")
+			},
+			Iterators = {
+				new NamedNode(
+					"increment",
+					new ExpressionStatement(
+						new AssignmentExpression {
+							Left = new Backreference("ident"),
+							Operator = AssignmentOperatorType.Any,
+							Right = new AnyNode()
+						}))
+			},
+			EmbeddedStatement = new AnyNode()
+		};
+
 		public ForStatement TransformFor(ExpressionStatement node)
 		{
 			Match m1 = variableAssignPattern.Match(node);
 			if (!m1.Success) return null;
 			AstNode next = node.NextSibling;
-			Match m2 = forPattern.Match(next);
-			if (!m2.Success) return null;
+			Match m2 = forLoopWithoutInitializer.Match(next);
+			ForStatement forStatement;
+			if (m2.Success) {
+				node.Remove();
+				forStatement = (ForStatement)next;
+				forStatement.InsertChildAfter(null, node, ForStatement.InitializerRole);
+				return forStatement;
+			}
+			Match m3 = forPattern.Match(next);
+			if (!m3.Success) return null;
 			// ensure the variable in the for pattern is the same as in the declaration
-			if (m1.Get<IdentifierExpression>("variable").Single().Identifier != m2.Get<IdentifierExpression>("ident").Single().Identifier)
+			if (m1.Get<IdentifierExpression>("variable").Single().Identifier != m3.Get<IdentifierExpression>("ident").Single().Identifier)
 				return null;
 			WhileStatement loop = (WhileStatement)next;
 			node.Remove();
 			BlockStatement newBody = new BlockStatement();
-			foreach (Statement stmt in m2.Get<Statement>("statement"))
+			foreach (Statement stmt in m3.Get<Statement>("statement"))
 				newBody.Add(stmt.Detach());
-			ForStatement forStatement = new ForStatement();
+			forStatement = new ForStatement();
 			forStatement.Initializers.Add(node);
 			forStatement.Condition = loop.Condition.Detach();
-			forStatement.Iterators.Add(m2.Get<Statement>("increment").Single().Detach());
+			forStatement.Iterators.Add(m3.Get<Statement>("increment").Single().Detach());
 			forStatement.EmbeddedStatement = newBody;
 			loop.ReplaceWith(forStatement);
 			return forStatement;