diff --git a/tagmanager/ctags/json.c b/tagmanager/ctags/json.c
index 8c87476d..52350275 100644
--- a/tagmanager/ctags/json.c
+++ b/tagmanager/ctags/json.c
@@ -227,15 +227,7 @@ static void pushScope (tokenInfo *const token,
 static void popScope (tokenInfo *const token,
 					  const tokenInfo *const parent)
 {
-	char *dot = strrchr (token->scope->buffer, '.');
-
-	if (! dot)
-		vStringClear (token->scope);
-	else
-	{
-		*dot = 0;
-		token->scope->length = dot - token->scope->buffer;
-	}
+	vStringTruncate (token->scope, vStringLength (parent->scope));
 	token->scopeKind = parent->scopeKind;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ctags/Makefile.am b/tests/ctags/Makefile.am
index 16e4af76..86590ed6 100644
--- a/tests/ctags/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/ctags/Makefile.am
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ test_sources = \
 	debian_432872.f90				\
 	directives.c					\
 	dopbl2.f						\
+	dotted-names.json				\
 	enum.c							\
 	enum.f90						\
 	enum.java						\
diff --git a/tests/ctags/dotted-names.json b/tests/ctags/dotted-names.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4e8cffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ctags/dotted-names.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "first.name": "John",
+  "last.name": "Smith",
+  "is.alive": true,
+  "age": 25,
+  "height_cm": 167.6,
+  "address": {
+    "street.address": "21 2nd Street",
+    "city": "New York",
+    "state": "NY",
+    "postal.code": "10021-3100"
+  },
+  "phone.numbers": [
+    {
+      "type": "home",
+      "number": "212 555-1234"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "office",
+      "number": "646 555-4567"
+    }
+  ],
+  "children": [],
+  "spouse": null
+}
diff --git a/tests/ctags/dotted-names.json.tags b/tests/ctags/dotted-names.json.tags
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6d79b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ctags/dotted-names.json.tags
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# format=tagmanager
+0Ì64Îphone.numbersÖ0
+1Ì64Îphone.numbersÖ0
+addressÌ64Ö0
+ageÌ64Ö0
+childrenÌ64Ö0
+cityÌ64ÎaddressÖ0
+first.nameÌ64Ö0
+height_cmÌ64Ö0
+is.aliveÌ64Ö0
+last.nameÌ64Ö0
+numberÌ64Îphone.numbers.0Ö0
+numberÌ64Îphone.numbers.1Ö0
+phone.numbersÌ64Ö0
+postal.codeÌ64ÎaddressÖ0
+spouseÌ64Ö0
+stateÌ64ÎaddressÖ0
+street.addressÌ64ÎaddressÖ0
+typeÌ64Îphone.numbers.0Ö0
+typeÌ64Îphone.numbers.1Ö0