diff --git a/lib/imbecile/regex/parser.rb b/lib/imbecile/regex/parser.rb
index d730a56..0a692aa 100644
--- a/lib/imbecile/regex/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/imbecile/regex/parser.rb
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ module Imbecile
             au.new_alternate!
           when "\\"
             au << parse_backslash
+          when "."
+            au << period_character_class
           else
             au << CharacterRangeUnit.new(c)
           end
@@ -307,6 +309,13 @@ module Imbecile
         end
       end
 
+      def period_character_class
+        ccu = CharacterClassUnit.new
+        ccu << CharacterRangeUnit.new(0, "\n".ord - 1)
+        ccu << CharacterRangeUnit.new("\n".ord + 1, 0xFFFFFFFF)
+        ccu
+      end
+
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/spec/imbecile/regex/parser_spec.rb b/spec/imbecile/regex/parser_spec.rb
index 3976250..4d96e07 100644
--- a/spec/imbecile/regex/parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/imbecile/regex/parser_spec.rb
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ module Imbecile
         expect(ccu[0].min_code_point).to eq "-".ord
       end
 
-      it "parses . as a plain character in a negated character class" do
+      it "parses . as a plain character in a character class" do
         parser = Parser.new("[.]")
         expect(parser.unit).to be_a Parser::AlternatesUnit
         expect(parser.unit.alternates.size).to eq 1
@@ -279,6 +279,17 @@ module Imbecile
         expect(parser.unit.alternates[1].size).to eq 1
       end
 
+      it "parses a ." do
+        parser = Parser.new("a.b")
+        expect(parser.unit).to be_a Parser::AlternatesUnit
+        expect(parser.unit.alternates.size).to eq 1
+        expect(parser.unit.alternates[0]).to be_a Parser::SequenceUnit
+        expect(parser.unit.alternates[0][0]).to be_a Parser::CharacterRangeUnit
+        expect(parser.unit.alternates[0][1]).to be_a Parser::CharacterClassUnit
+        expect(parser.unit.alternates[0][1].units.size).to eq 2
+        expect(parser.unit.alternates[0][2]).to be_a Parser::CharacterRangeUnit
+      end
+
       it "parses something complex" do
         parser = Parser.new("(a|)*|[^^]|\\|v|[x-y]+")
         expect(parser.unit).to be_a Parser::AlternatesUnit