diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
index c5c31d6a5..009a5fd9d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
@@ -1815,7 +1815,16 @@ class Parser
         $this->match(Lexer::T_OPEN_CURLY_BRACE);
         $this->match(Lexer::T_IDENTIFIER);
 
-        $partialFieldSet[] = $this->lexer->token['value'];
+        $field = $this->lexer->token['value']; 
+
+        // First field in partial expression might be embeddable property
+        while ($this->lexer->isNextToken(Lexer::T_DOT)) {
+            $this->match(Lexer::T_DOT);
+            $this->match(Lexer::T_IDENTIFIER);
+            $field .= '.'.$this->lexer->token['value'];
+        }
+
+        $partialFieldSet[] = $field;
 
         while ($this->lexer->isNextToken(Lexer::T_COMMA)) {
             $this->match(Lexer::T_COMMA);
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
index f7137b18b..264ea4309 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
@@ -207,6 +207,22 @@ class ValueObjectsTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertNull($person->address->zip);
         $this->assertNull($person->address->country);
         $this->assertNull($person->name);
+
+        // Clear the EM and prove that the embeddable can be the subject of a partial query regardless of attributes positions.
+        $this->_em->clear();
+    
+        $dql = "SELECT PARTIAL p.{address.city, id} FROM " . __NAMESPACE__ ."\\DDC93Person p WHERE p.name = :name";
+    
+        $person = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+            ->setParameter('name', 'Karl')
+            ->getSingleResult();
+        
+        // Selected field must be equal, all other fields must be null.
+        $this->assertEquals('Gosport', $person->address->city);
+        $this->assertNull($person->address->street);
+        $this->assertNull($person->address->zip);
+        $this->assertNull($person->address->country);
+        $this->assertNull($person->name);
     }
 
     public function testDqlWithNonExistentEmbeddableField()