diff --git a/artemis-selector/src/main/javacc/StrictParser.jj b/artemis-selector/src/main/javacc/StrictParser.jj
index 0a318abc1b..46e5c2b077 100755
--- a/artemis-selector/src/main/javacc/StrictParser.jj
+++ b/artemis-selector/src/main/javacc/StrictParser.jj
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ TOKEN [IGNORE_CASE] :
 TOKEN [IGNORE_CASE] :
 {
     < ID : ["a"-"z", "_", "$"] (["a"-"z","0"-"9","_", "$"])* >
+    | < QUOTED_ID : "\"" ( ("\"\"") | ~["\""] )*  "\""  >
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -556,6 +557,20 @@ PropertyExpression variable() :
         {
             left = new PropertyExpression(t.image);
         }
+        |
+        t = <QUOTED_ID>
+        {
+            // Decode the string value.
+            StringBuffer rc = new StringBuffer();
+            String image = t.image;
+            for( int i=1; i < image.length()-1; i++ ) {
+                char c = image.charAt(i);
+                if( c == '"' )
+                    i++;
+                rc.append(c);
+            }
+            return new PropertyExpression(rc.toString());
+        }
     )
     {
         return left;
diff --git a/artemis-selector/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/selector/SelectorTest.java b/artemis-selector/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/selector/SelectorTest.java
index 7e6a9a6631..5f1e4b812c 100755
--- a/artemis-selector/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/selector/SelectorTest.java
+++ b/artemis-selector/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/selector/SelectorTest.java
@@ -192,6 +192,16 @@ public class SelectorTest {
       assertSelector(message, "JMSType = 'crap'", false);
    }
 
+   @Test
+   public void testDottedProperty() throws Exception {
+      MockMessage message = createMessage();
+      message.setJMSType("selector-test");
+      message.setStringProperty("a.test", "value");
+      message.setJMSMessageID("id:test:1:1:1:1");
+
+      assertSelector(message, "\"a.test\" = 'value'", true);
+   }
+
    @Test
    public void testBasicSelectors() throws Exception {
       MockMessage message = createMessage();