diff --git a/batik-css/pom.xml b/batik-css/pom.xml
index a635a110c1..e3a915c667 100644
--- a/batik-css/pom.xml
+++ b/batik-css/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
       <artifactId>xml-apis-ext</artifactId>
       <version>${xmlapisext.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>${junit.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/batik-css/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/css/parser/Scanner.java b/batik-css/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/css/parser/Scanner.java
index e6790e13a3..ddcce74fcb 100644
--- a/batik-css/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/css/parser/Scanner.java
+++ b/batik-css/src/main/java/org/apache/batik/css/parser/Scanner.java
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ protected void nextToken() throws ParseException {
                                          reader.getColumn());
             case '-':
                 nextChar();
+                if (current == 'i') {
+                    return;
+                }
                 if (current != '-') {
                     type = LexicalUnits.MINUS;
                     return;
diff --git a/batik-css/src/test/java/org/apache/batik/css/parser/ParserTestCase.java b/batik-css/src/test/java/org/apache/batik/css/parser/ParserTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94f2f608cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/batik-css/src/test/java/org/apache/batik/css/parser/ParserTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+
+ */
+package org.apache.batik.css.parser;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.w3c.css.sac.CSSException;
+import org.w3c.css.sac.LexicalUnit;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ParserTestCase {
+    @Test
+    public void testStyleDeclaration() throws Exception {
+        Parser parser = new Parser();
+        List<String> properties = new ArrayList<>();
+        parser.setDocumentHandler(new DefaultDocumentHandler() {
+            public void property(String name, LexicalUnit value, boolean important) throws CSSException {
+                properties.add(name);
+            }
+        });
+        parser.parseStyleDeclaration("a:b;-inkscape-font-specification:'Calibri, Normal';c:d");
+        Assert.assertTrue(properties.toString(), properties.contains("c"));
+    }
+}