diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
index 2af4bb452..1a34963f2 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
@@ -1905,6 +1905,9 @@ class Parser
         } else if (in_array($this->_lexer->lookahead['type'], array(Lexer::T_OPEN_PARENTHESIS, Lexer::T_INTEGER, Lexer::T_FLOAT, Lexer::T_STRING))) {
             // Shortcut: ScalarExpression => SimpleArithmeticExpression
             $expression = $this->SimpleArithmeticExpression();
+        } else if (in_array($this->_lexer->lookahead['type'], array(Lexer::T_PLUS, Lexer::T_MINUS))) {
+             // SimpleArithmeticExpression : (- u.value ) or ( + u.value )
+            $expression = $this->SimpleArithmeticExpression();
         } else {
             $this->syntaxError(
                 'IdentificationVariable | ScalarExpression | AggregateExpression | FunctionDeclaration | PartialObjectExpression | "(" Subselect ")" | CaseExpression',
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1474Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1474Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1256f3c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1474Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../TestInit.php';
+
+/**
+ * @group DDC-1474
+ */
+class DDC1474Test extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        try {
+            $this->_schemaTool->createSchema(array(
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC1474Entity'),
+            ));
+
+            $this->loadFixtures();
+        } catch (\Exception $exc) {
+            
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testTicket()
+    {
+        $query  = $this->_em->createQuery('SELECT - e.value AS value, e.id FROM ' . __NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC1474Entity e');
+        $this->assertEquals('SELECT -d0_.value AS sclr0, d0_.id AS id1 FROM DDC1474Entity d0_', $query->getSQL());
+        $result = $query->getResult();
+        
+        $this->assertEquals(2, sizeof($result));
+        
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result[0]['id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $result[1]['id']);
+        
+        $this->assertEquals(-10, $result[0]['value']);
+        $this->assertEquals(20, $result[1]['value']);
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        $query  = $this->_em->createQuery('SELECT e.id, + e.value AS value FROM ' . __NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC1474Entity e');
+        $this->assertEquals('SELECT d0_.id AS id0, +d0_.value AS sclr1 FROM DDC1474Entity d0_', $query->getSQL());
+        $result = $query->getResult();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(2, sizeof($result));
+        
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result[0]['id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $result[1]['id']);
+        
+        $this->assertEquals(10, $result[0]['value']);
+        $this->assertEquals(-20, $result[1]['value']);
+    }
+
+    public function loadFixtures()
+    {
+        $e1 = new DDC1474Entity(10);
+        $e2 = new DDC1474Entity(-20);
+        
+        $this->_em->persist($e1);
+        $this->_em->persist($e2);
+        
+        $this->_em->flush();
+    }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ */
+class DDC1474Entity
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @Id 
+     * @Column(type="integer")
+     * @GeneratedValue()
+     */
+    protected $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @column(type="float") 
+     */
+    private $value;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $float 
+     */
+    public function __construct($float)
+    {
+        $this->value = $float;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return integer
+     */
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return float 
+     */
+    public function getValue()
+    {
+        return $this->value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param float $value 
+     */
+    public function setValue($value)
+    {
+        $this->value = $value;
+    }
+
+}