diff --git a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser-tests/src/test/java/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/MiscDRLParserTest.java b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser-tests/src/test/java/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/MiscDRLParserTest.java
index fa961b876ab..a73925b2f02 100644
--- a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser-tests/src/test/java/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/MiscDRLParserTest.java
+++ b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser-tests/src/test/java/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/MiscDRLParserTest.java
@@ -3978,4 +3978,24 @@ public void queryNoArgument() throws Exception {
         assertThat(query.getParameterTypes()).isEmpty();
         assertThat(query.getParameters()).isEmpty();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void packageInQualifiedName() throws Exception {
+        String pkgName = "org.drools.package";
+        String text = "package " + pkgName + "\n" +
+                "rule R\n" +
+                "when\n" +
+                "  $p : Person()\n" +
+                "then\n" +
+                "end\n";
+
+
+        PackageDescr pkg = parser.parse(text);
+        assertThat(parser.hasErrors()).as(parser.getErrorMessages().toString()).isFalse();
+
+        assertThat(pkg.getName()).isEqualTo(pkgName);
+        assertThat(pkg.getRules()).hasSize(1);
+
+        assertThat(pkg.getRules().get(0).getName()).isEqualTo("R");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLParser.g4 b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLParser.g4
index 90b9801e42d..39b8586f34e 100644
--- a/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLParser.g4
+++ b/drools-drl/drools-drl-parser/src/main/antlr4/org/drools/drl/parser/antlr4/DRLParser.g4
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ drlIdentifier
     | RECORD
     | VAR
     | THIS
+    | PACKAGE
     ;
 
 drlKeywords