diff --git a/formulate/parser.py b/formulate/parser.py
index dc92bb2..2c8a1d4 100644
--- a/formulate/parser.py
+++ b/formulate/parser.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 import pyparsing
-from pyparsing import Literal, Suppress, pyparsing_common, opAssoc, Word
+from pyparsing import Literal, Suppress, pyparsing_common, opAssoc, Word, delimitedList
 
 from .expression import Expression, Variable, NamedConstant, UnnamedConstant, ExpressionComponent
 from .identifiers import order_of_operations
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class ParsingException(Exception):
 def create_parser(config, constants):
     EXPRESSION = pyparsing.Forward()
 
-    VARIABLE = Word(pyparsing.alphas+'_', pyparsing.alphanums+'_-')
+    VARIABLE = delimitedList(Word(pyparsing.alphas+'_', pyparsing.alphanums+'_-'), delim='.', combine=True)
     VARIABLE.setName('Variable')
     VARIABLE.setParseAction(add_logging(lambda string, location, result: Variable(result[0])))
 
diff --git a/formulate/version.py b/formulate/version.py
index 2a4c4e5..6b0c618 100644
--- a/formulate/version.py
+++ b/formulate/version.py
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 ]
 
 
-__version__ = '0.0.7'
+__version__ = '0.0.8'
 version = __version__
 version_info = __version__.split('.')