diff --git a/lib/parser/lexer.rl b/lib/parser/lexer.rl
index 00ad28743..48870525a 100644
--- a/lib/parser/lexer.rl
+++ b/lib/parser/lexer.rl
@@ -2357,6 +2357,24 @@ class Parser::Lexer
       # METHOD CALLS
       #
 
+      '.:' w_space+
+      => { emit(:tDOT, '.', @ts, @ts + 1)
+           emit(:tCOLON, ':', @ts + 1, @ts + 2)
+           p = p - tok.length + 2
+           fnext expr_dot; fbreak; };
+
+      '.:'
+      => {
+        if @version >= 27
+          emit_table(PUNCTUATION)
+        else
+          emit(:tDOT, tok(@ts, @ts + 1), @ts, @ts + 1)
+          fhold;
+        end
+
+        fnext expr_dot; fbreak;
+      };
+
       '.' | '&.' | '::'
       => { emit_table(PUNCTUATION)
            fnext expr_dot; fbreak; };
diff --git a/lib/parser/ruby-next/AST_FORMAT.md b/lib/parser/ruby-next/AST_FORMAT.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b097a76ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/parser/ruby-next/AST_FORMAT.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Ruby Next AST format additions
+=======================
+
+### Method reference operator
+
+Format:
+
+~~~
+(meth-ref (self) :foo)
+"self.:foo"
+     ^^ dot
+       ^^^ selector
+ ^^^^^^^^^ expression
+~~~
diff --git a/lib/parser/ruby-next/builder.rb b/lib/parser/ruby-next/builder.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9119fda98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/parser/ruby-next/builder.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "parser/builders/default"
+require_relative "meta"
+
+module Parser
+  # Add RubyNext specific builder methods
+  module Builders::Next
+    def method_ref(receiver, dot_t, selector_t)
+      n(:meth_ref, [ receiver, value(selector_t).to_sym ],
+          send_map(receiver, dot_t, selector_t, nil, [], nil))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/parser/rubynext.y b/lib/parser/rubynext.y
index dd456a51c..dff10806e 100644
--- a/lib/parser/rubynext.y
+++ b/lib/parser/rubynext.y
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ token kCLASS kMODULE kDEF kUNDEF kBEGIN kRESCUE kENSURE kEND kIF kUNLESS
       tWORDS_BEG tQWORDS_BEG tSYMBOLS_BEG tQSYMBOLS_BEG tSTRING_DBEG
       tSTRING_DVAR tSTRING_END tSTRING_DEND tSTRING tSYMBOL
       tNL tEH tCOLON tCOMMA tSPACE tSEMI tLAMBDA tLAMBEG tCHARACTER
-      tRATIONAL tIMAGINARY tLABEL_END tANDDOT tBDOT2 tBDOT3
+      tRATIONAL tIMAGINARY tLABEL_END tANDDOT tMETHREF tBDOT2 tBDOT3
 
 prechigh
   right    tBANG tTILDE tUPLUS
@@ -1288,6 +1288,10 @@ rule
                     {
                       result = @builder.keyword_cmd(:retry, val[0])
                     }
+                | primary_value tMETHREF operation2
+                    {
+                      result = @builder.method_ref(val[0], val[1], val[2])
+                    }
 
    primary_value: primary
 
diff --git a/test/ruby-next/test_lexer.rb b/test/ruby-next/test_lexer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35c0af9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ruby-next/test_lexer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+# encoding: ascii-8bit
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'helper'
+require 'complex'
+
+require 'parser/ruby-next/lexer'
+
+class TestLexerNext < Minitest::Test
+  def setup_lexer(version)
+    @lex = version == "next" ? Parser::Lexer::Next.new(28) : Parser::Lexer.new(version)
+
+    @lex.comments = []
+    @lex.diagnostics = Parser::Diagnostic::Engine.new
+    @lex.diagnostics.all_errors_are_fatal = true
+    # @lex.diagnostics.consumer = lambda { |diag| $stderr.puts "", diag.render }
+  end
+
+  def setup
+    setup_lexer 18
+  end
+
+  def utf(str)
+    str.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
+  end
+
+  #
+  # Additional matchers
+  #
+
+  def refute_scanned(s, *args)
+    assert_raises Parser::SyntaxError do
+      assert_scanned(s, *args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def assert_escape(expected, input)
+    source_buffer = Parser::Source::Buffer.new('(assert_escape)')
+
+    source_buffer.source = "\"\\#{input}\"".encode(input.encoding)
+
+    @lex.reset
+    @lex.source_buffer = source_buffer
+
+    lex_token, (lex_value, *) = @lex.advance
+
+    lex_value.force_encoding(Encoding::BINARY)
+
+    assert_equal [:tSTRING, expected],
+                 [lex_token, lex_value],
+                 source_buffer.source
+  end
+
+  def refute_escape(input)
+    err = assert_raises Parser::SyntaxError do
+      @lex.state = :expr_beg
+      assert_scanned "%Q[\\#{input}]"
+    end
+    assert_equal :fatal, err.diagnostic.level
+  end
+
+  def assert_lex_fname(name, type, range)
+    begin_pos, end_pos = range
+    assert_scanned("def #{name} ",
+                   :kDEF, 'def', [0, 3],
+                   type, name, [begin_pos + 4, end_pos + 4])
+
+    assert_equal :expr_endfn, @lex.state
+  end
+
+  def assert_scanned(input, *args)
+    source_buffer = Parser::Source::Buffer.new('(assert_scanned)')
+    source_buffer.source = input
+
+    @lex.reset(false)
+    @lex.source_buffer = source_buffer
+
+    until args.empty? do
+      token, value, (begin_pos, end_pos) = args.shift(3)
+
+      lex_token, (lex_value, lex_range) = @lex.advance
+      assert lex_token, 'no more tokens'
+      assert_operator [lex_token, lex_value], :eql?, [token, value], input
+      assert_equal begin_pos, lex_range.begin_pos
+      assert_equal end_pos, lex_range.end_pos
+    end
+
+    lex_token, (lex_value, *) = @lex.advance
+    refute lex_token, "must be empty, but had #{[lex_token, lex_value].inspect}"
+  end
+
+  def test_meth_ref
+    setup_lexer "next"
+
+    assert_scanned('foo.:bar',
+                  :tIDENTIFIER, 'foo', [0, 3],
+                  :tMETHREF,   '.:',   [3, 5],
+                  :tIDENTIFIER, 'bar', [5, 8])
+
+    assert_scanned('foo .:bar',
+                   :tIDENTIFIER, 'foo', [0, 3],
+                   :tMETHREF,   '.:',   [4, 6],
+                   :tIDENTIFIER, 'bar', [6, 9])
+  end
+
+  def test_meth_ref_unary_op
+    setup_lexer "next"
+
+    assert_scanned('foo.:+',
+                  :tIDENTIFIER, 'foo', [0, 3],
+                  :tMETHREF,    '.:',  [3, 5],
+                  :tPLUS,       '+',   [5, 6])
+
+    assert_scanned('foo.:-@',
+                  :tIDENTIFIER, 'foo', [0, 3],
+                  :tMETHREF,    '.:',  [3, 5],
+                  :tUMINUS,     '-@',  [5, 7])
+  end
+
+  def test_meth_ref_unsupported_newlines
+    setup_lexer "next"
+
+    # MRI emits exactly the same sequence of tokens,
+    # the error happens later in the parser
+
+    assert_scanned('foo. :+',
+                  :tIDENTIFIER, 'foo', [0, 3],
+                  :tDOT,        '.',   [3, 4],
+                  :tCOLON,      ':',   [5, 6],
+                  :tUPLUS,       '+',  [6, 7])
+
+    assert_scanned('foo.: +',
+                  :tIDENTIFIER, 'foo', [0, 3],
+                  :tDOT,        '.',   [3, 4],
+                  :tCOLON,      ':',   [4, 5],
+                  :tPLUS,       '+',   [6, 7])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/ruby-next/test_parser.rb b/test/ruby-next/test_parser.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3aea764b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ruby-next/test_parser.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'helper'
+require 'parse_helper'
+
+Parser::Builders::Default.modernize
+
+class TestParser < Minitest::Test
+  include ParseHelper
+
+  def parser_for_ruby_version(version)
+    parser = super
+    parser.diagnostics.all_errors_are_fatal = true
+
+    %w(foo bar baz).each do |metasyntactic_var|
+      parser.static_env.declare(metasyntactic_var)
+    end
+
+    parser
+  end
+
+  SINCE_NEXT = %w(next)
+
+  def test_meth_ref__27
+    assert_parses(
+      s(:meth_ref, s(:lvar, :foo), :bar),
+      %q{foo.:bar},
+      %q{   ^^ dot
+        |     ~~~ selector
+        |~~~~~~~~ expression},
+      SINCE_NEXT)
+
+    assert_parses(
+      s(:meth_ref, s(:lvar, :foo), :+@),
+      %q{foo.:+@},
+      %q{   ^^ dot
+        |     ~~ selector
+        |~~~~~~~ expression},
+      SINCE_NEXT)
+  end
+
+  def test_meth_ref__before_27
+    assert_diagnoses(
+      [:error, :unexpected_token, { :token => 'tCOLON' }],
+      %q{foo.:bar},
+      %q{    ^ location },
+      ALL_VERSIONS - SINCE_NEXT)
+
+    assert_diagnoses(
+      [:error, :unexpected_token, { :token => 'tCOLON' }],
+      %q{foo.:+@},
+      %q{    ^ location },
+      ALL_VERSIONS - SINCE_NEXT)
+  end
+
+  def test_meth_ref_unsupported_newlines
+    assert_diagnoses(
+      [:error, :unexpected_token, { :token => 'tCOLON' }],
+      %Q{foo. :+},
+      %q{     ^ location},
+      SINCE_NEXT)
+
+    assert_diagnoses(
+      [:error, :unexpected_token, { :token => 'tCOLON' }],
+      %Q{foo.: +},
+      %q{    ^ location},
+      SINCE_NEXT)
+  end
+end