diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index 4988a2f5ef5..9fcb57dc1cc 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ New Features
   
 * LUCENE-3758: Allow the ComplexPhraseQueryParser to search order or 
   un-order proximity queries. (Ahmet Arslan via Erick Erickson)
+  
+* LUCENE-5530: ComplexPhraseQueryParser throws ParseException for fielded queries.
+  (Erick Erickson via Tomas Fernandez Lobbe and Ahmet Arslan)
 
 API Changes
 
diff --git a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/QueryParserBase.java b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/QueryParserBase.java
index 0b8d803b17e..b42dd36fc52 100644
--- a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/QueryParserBase.java
+++ b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/classic/QueryParserBase.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class QueryParserBase extends QueryBuilder implements CommonQuer
   MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod multiTermRewriteMethod = MultiTermQuery.CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT;
   boolean allowLeadingWildcard = false;
 
-  String field;
+  protected String field;
   int phraseSlop = 0;
   float fuzzyMinSim = FuzzyQuery.defaultMinSimilarity;
   int fuzzyPrefixLength = FuzzyQuery.defaultPrefixLength;
diff --git a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java
index 0472d9943f0..c32f4c249ef 100644
--- a/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java
+++ b/lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java
@@ -230,13 +230,22 @@ public class ComplexPhraseQueryParser extends QueryParser {
     // Called by ComplexPhraseQueryParser for each phrase after the main
     // parse
     // thread is through
-    protected void parsePhraseElements(QueryParser qp) throws ParseException {
+    protected void parsePhraseElements(ComplexPhraseQueryParser qp) throws ParseException {
       // TODO ensure that field-sensitivity is preserved ie the query
       // string below is parsed as
       // field+":("+phrasedQueryStringContents+")"
       // but this will need code in rewrite to unwrap the first layer of
       // boolean query
-      contents = qp.parse(phrasedQueryStringContents);
+
+      String oldDefaultParserField = qp.field;
+      try {
+        //temporarily set the QueryParser to be parsing the default field for this phrase e.g author:"fred* smith"
+        qp.field = this.field;
+        contents = qp.parse(phrasedQueryStringContents);
+      }
+      finally {
+        qp.field = oldDefaultParserField;
+      }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/lucene/queryparser/src/test/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/TestComplexPhraseQuery.java b/lucene/queryparser/src/test/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/TestComplexPhraseQuery.java
index 5540b6e5f5f..e29ecb0704c 100644
--- a/lucene/queryparser/src/test/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/TestComplexPhraseQuery.java
+++ b/lucene/queryparser/src/test/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/complexPhrase/TestComplexPhraseQuery.java
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 public class TestComplexPhraseQuery extends LuceneTestCase {
   Directory rd;
   Analyzer analyzer;
-  
-  DocData docsContent[] = { new DocData("john smith", "1"),
-      new DocData("johathon smith", "2"),
-      new DocData("john percival smith", "3"),
-      new DocData("jackson waits tom", "4") };
+  DocData docsContent[] = {
+      new DocData("john smith", "1", "developer"),
+      new DocData("johathon smith", "2", "developer"),
+      new DocData("john percival smith", "3", "designer"),
+      new DocData("jackson waits tom", "4", "project manager")
+  };
 
   private IndexSearcher searcher;
   private IndexReader reader;
@@ -126,7 +127,19 @@ public class TestComplexPhraseQuery extends LuceneTestCase {
     assertEquals(qString + " missing some matches ", 0, expecteds.size());
 
   }
-
+  
+  public void testFieldedQuery() throws Exception {
+    checkMatches("name:\"john smith\"", "1");
+    checkMatches("name:\"j*   smyth~\"", "1,2");
+    checkMatches("role:\"developer\"", "1,2");
+    checkMatches("role:\"p* manager\"", "4");
+    checkMatches("role:de*", "1,2,3");
+    checkMatches("name:\"j* smyth~\"~5", "1,2,3");
+    checkMatches("role:\"p* manager\" AND name:jack*", "4");
+    checkMatches("+role:developer +name:jack*", "");
+    checkMatches("name:\"john smith\"~2 AND role:designer AND id:3", "3");
+  }
+  
   @Override
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     super.setUp();
@@ -138,6 +151,7 @@ public class TestComplexPhraseQuery extends LuceneTestCase {
       Document doc = new Document();
       doc.add(newTextField("name", docsContent[i].name, Field.Store.YES));
       doc.add(newTextField("id", docsContent[i].id, Field.Store.YES));
+      doc.add(newTextField("role", docsContent[i].role, Field.Store.YES));
       w.addDocument(doc);
     }
     w.close();
@@ -156,11 +170,14 @@ public class TestComplexPhraseQuery extends LuceneTestCase {
     String name;
 
     String id;
+    
+    String role;
 
-    public DocData(String name, String id) {
+    public DocData(String name, String id, String role) {
       super();
       this.name = name;
       this.id = id;
+      this.role = role;
     }
   }