diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
index 5c721a1d5..912138208 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ class Parser
      * Parses an arbitrary path expression and defers semantical validation
      * based on expected types.
      *
-     * PathExpression ::= IdentificationVariable "." identifier
+     * PathExpression ::= IdentificationVariable "." identifier [ ("." identifier)* ]
      *
      * @param integer $expectedTypes
      *
@@ -1065,6 +1065,12 @@ class Parser
             $this->match(Lexer::T_IDENTIFIER);
 
             $field = $this->lexer->token['value'];
+
+            while ($this->lexer->isNextToken(Lexer::T_DOT)) {
+                $this->match(Lexer::T_DOT);
+                $this->match(Lexer::T_IDENTIFIER);
+                $field .= '.'.$this->lexer->token['value'];
+            }
         }
 
         // Creating AST node
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
index 89a51a406..a309acdb1 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
@@ -101,6 +101,24 @@ class ValueObjectsTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
             $this->assertEquals('funkytown', $person['address.city']);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @group dql
+     */
+    public function testDqlOnEmbeddedObjectsField()
+    {
+        $person = new DDC93Person('Johannes', new DDC93Address('Moo', '12345', 'Karlsruhe'));
+        $this->_em->persist($person);
+        $this->_em->flush($person);
+
+        $dql = "SELECT p FROM " . __NAMESPACE__ ."\\DDC93Person p WHERE p.address.city = :city";
+        $loadedPerson = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+            ->setParameter('city', 'Karlsruhe')
+            ->getSingleResult();
+        $this->assertEquals($person, $loadedPerson);
+
+        $this->assertNull($this->_em->createQuery($dql)->setParameter('city', 'asdf')->getOneOrNullResult());
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -118,6 +136,12 @@ class DDC93Person
 
     /** @Embedded(class="DDC93Address") */
     public $address;
+
+    public function __construct($name = null, DDC93Address $address = null)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->address = $address;
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -139,5 +163,12 @@ class DDC93Address
      * @Column(type="string")
      */
     public $city;
+
+    public function __construct($street = null, $zip = null, $city = null)
+    {
+        $this->street = $street;
+        $this->zip = $zip;
+        $this->city = $city;
+    }
 }