diff --git a/lib/src/revset.pest b/lib/src/revset.pest
index 17c208fe6..f96f05c7a 100644
--- a/lib/src/revset.pest
+++ b/lib/src/revset.pest
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 
 identifier_part = @{ (ASCII_ALPHANUMERIC | "_" | "@" | "/")+ }
 identifier = @{
-  (identifier_part+ ~ ("." | "-" | "+" ))+ ~ identifier_part+
-  | identifier_part+
-} 
+  identifier_part ~ ("." | "-" | "+" ) ~ identifier
+  | identifier_part
+}
 symbol = {
   identifier
   | literal_string
diff --git a/lib/src/revset.rs b/lib/src/revset.rs
index e59e38ee7..f2cb9e37f 100644
--- a/lib/src/revset.rs
+++ b/lib/src/revset.rs
@@ -1516,6 +1516,10 @@ mod tests {
             parse("foo.bar-v1+7"),
             Ok(RevsetExpression::symbol("foo.bar-v1+7".to_string()))
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse("foo.bar-v1+7-"),
+            Ok(RevsetExpression::symbol("foo.bar-v1+7".to_string()).parents())
+        );
         // '.' is not allowed at the beginning or end
         assert_matches!(parse(".foo"), Err(RevsetParseError::SyntaxError(_)));
         assert_matches!(parse("foo."), Err(RevsetParseError::SyntaxError(_)));