We study the Gevrey solvability of a class of complex vector fields, defined on Ωϵ=(− ϵ, ϵ)×
S1, given by L=∂/∂ t+ (a (x)+ ib (x))∂/∂ x, b≢ 0, near the characteristic set Σ={0}× S1. We
show that the interplay between the order of vanishing of the functions a and b at x= 0 plays
a role in the Gevrey solvability.