diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java
index f3119a2497a..687b95aa740 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ public class QueryParser implements QueryParserConstants {
         else {
           // phrase query:
           MultiPhraseQuery mpq = new MultiPhraseQuery();
+          mpq.setSlop(phraseSlop);
           List multiTerms = new ArrayList();
           for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); i++) {
             t = (org.apache.lucene.analysis.Token) v.elementAt(i);
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.jj b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.jj
index 3d8fd29cbb1..92c6e1e66e0 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.jj
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.jj
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ public class QueryParser {
         else {
           // phrase query:
           MultiPhraseQuery mpq = new MultiPhraseQuery();
+          mpq.setSlop(phraseSlop);          
           List multiTerms = new ArrayList();
           for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); i++) {
             t = (org.apache.lucene.analysis.Token) v.elementAt(i);