diff --git a/src/classes/GRMustacheTemplateParser.m b/src/classes/GRMustacheTemplateParser.m
index ac4f165f..283b4092 100644
--- a/src/classes/GRMustacheTemplateParser.m
+++ b/src/classes/GRMustacheTemplateParser.m
@@ -242,9 +242,8 @@ - (GRMustacheInvocation *)invocationWithToken:(GRMustacheToken *)token error:(NS
 {
     NSString *content = token.content;
     NSUInteger length = content.length;
-    BOOL acceptDotIdentifier = YES;
     BOOL acceptIdentifier = YES;
-    BOOL acceptSeparator = NO;
+    BOOL acceptSeparator = YES;
     NSMutableArray *keys = [NSMutableArray array];
     unichar c;
     NSUInteger identifierStart = 0;
@@ -252,15 +251,15 @@ - (GRMustacheInvocation *)invocationWithToken:(GRMustacheToken *)token error:(NS
         c = [content characterAtIndex:i];
         switch (c) {
             case '.':
-                if (acceptDotIdentifier) {
-                    [keys addObject:[content substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(identifierStart, i+1-identifierStart)]];
-                    acceptDotIdentifier = NO;
-                    acceptIdentifier = NO;
-                    acceptSeparator = NO;
-                } else if (acceptSeparator) {
-                    [keys addObject:[content substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(identifierStart, i-identifierStart)]];
+                if (acceptSeparator) {
+                    if (i==0) {
+                        // leading dot: "." or ".foo…"
+                        [keys addObject:@"."];
+                    } else {
+                        // dot in the middle: "foo.bar…"
+                        [keys addObject:[content substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(identifierStart, i-identifierStart)]];
+                    }
                     identifierStart = i + 1;
-                    acceptDotIdentifier = NO;
                     acceptIdentifier = YES;
                     acceptSeparator = NO;
                 } else {
@@ -273,7 +272,6 @@ - (GRMustacheInvocation *)invocationWithToken:(GRMustacheToken *)token error:(NS
                 
             default:
                 if (acceptIdentifier) {
-                    acceptDotIdentifier = NO;
                     acceptIdentifier = YES;
                     acceptSeparator = YES;
                 } else {
@@ -287,7 +285,8 @@ - (GRMustacheInvocation *)invocationWithToken:(GRMustacheToken *)token error:(NS
     }
     if (acceptSeparator) {
         [keys addObject:[content substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(identifierStart, length - identifierStart)]];
-    } else if (acceptIdentifier) {
+    } else if (acceptIdentifier && length > 1) {
+        // dot at the end: "…foo."
         if (outError != NULL) {
             *outError = [self parseErrorAtToken:token description:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Invalid identifier: %@", content]];
         }
diff --git a/src/tests/Public/v3.0/GRMustacheParsingErrorsTest.m b/src/tests/Public/v3.0/GRMustacheParsingErrorsTest.m
index 48f4fc51..84c23041 100644
--- a/src/tests/Public/v3.0/GRMustacheParsingErrorsTest.m
+++ b/src/tests/Public/v3.0/GRMustacheParsingErrorsTest.m
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ - (void)testParsingReportsEmptyVariableTag
 - (void)testParsingReportsBadlyFormattedVariableTag
 {
     NSError *error;
-    
-    // ".a" could mean anchored access to "self.a".
-    // But it doesn't mean anything, actually.
-    STAssertNil([GRMustacheTemplate templateFromString:@"{{.a}}" error:&error], nil);
-    STAssertEquals(error.code, (NSInteger)GRMustacheErrorCodeParseError, nil);
-    
     STAssertNil([GRMustacheTemplate templateFromString:@"{{a.}}" error:&error], nil);
     STAssertEquals(error.code, (NSInteger)GRMustacheErrorCodeParseError, nil);
     STAssertNil([GRMustacheTemplate templateFromString:@"{{..}}" error:&error], nil);
diff --git a/src/tests/Public/v3.0/GRMustacheSuites/compound_keys.json b/src/tests/Public/v3.0/GRMustacheSuites/compound_keys.json
index a781ba5e..7ca76242 100644
--- a/src/tests/Public/v3.0/GRMustacheSuites/compound_keys.json
+++ b/src/tests/Public/v3.0/GRMustacheSuites/compound_keys.json
@@ -29,6 +29,48 @@
       "data": { "person": { } },
       "template": "{{person.name}}",
       "expected": ""
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "key lookup is anchored",
+      "data": { "b": "b", "a": { } },
+      "template": "-{{#a}}{{b}}{{/a}}-{{a.b}}-",
+      "expected": "-b--"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "key lookup is anchored",
+      "data": { "c": "c", "b": { "c" : "cb" } },
+      "template": "-{{a.b.c}}-",
+      "expected": "--"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "key lookup is anchored",
+      "data": { "c": "c", "b": { "c" : "cb" }, "a": { } },
+      "template": "-{{a.b.c}}-",
+      "expected": "--"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "key lookup is anchored",
+      "data": { "c": "c", "b": { "c" : "cb" }, "a": { "b": { } } },
+      "template": "-{{a.b.c}}-",
+      "expected": "--"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "key lookup is anchored",
+      "data": { "c": "c", "b": { "c" : "cb" }, "a": { "b": { "c": "ca" } } },
+      "template": "-{{a.b.c}}-",
+      "expected": "-ca-"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "key lookup is anchored",
+      "data": { "b": "b", "a": { } },
+      "template": "-{{#a}}{{b}}{{/a}}-{{#a}}{{.b}}{{/a}}-{{a.b}}-",
+      "expected": "-b---"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "key lookup is anchored",
+      "data": { "b": "b", "a": { "b": "ba"} },
+      "template": "-{{#a}}{{b}}{{/a}}-{{#a}}{{.b}}{{/a}}-{{a.b}}-",
+      "expected": "-ba-ba-ba-"
     }
   ]
 }