diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/JoinProcessor.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/JoinProcessor.java
index 5e45e92dea..7ad4a7e0f7 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/JoinProcessor.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/hql/internal/ast/util/JoinProcessor.java
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ public class JoinProcessor implements SqlTokenTypes {
 				return JoinType.INNER_JOIN;
 			case RIGHT_OUTER:
 				return JoinType.RIGHT_OUTER_JOIN;
+			case FULL:
+				return JoinType.FULL_JOIN;
 			default:
 				throw new AssertionFailure( "undefined join type " + astJoinType );
 		}