diff --git a/sql/parse/parse_test.go b/sql/parse/parse_test.go
index e23b33c31..02b69d283 100644
--- a/sql/parse/parse_test.go
+++ b/sql/parse/parse_test.go
@@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ var fixtures = map[string]sql.Node{
 	"SHOW CREATE TABLE `my``table`":          plan.NewShowCreateTable("", nil, "my`table"),
 	"SHOW CREATE TABLE `my``db`.`my``table`": plan.NewShowCreateTable("my`db", nil, "my`table"),
 	"SHOW CREATE TABLE ````":                 plan.NewShowCreateTable("", nil, "`"),
+	"SHOW CREATE TABLE `.`":                  plan.NewShowCreateTable("", nil, "."),
 	`SELECT '2018-05-01' + INTERVAL 1 DAY`: plan.NewProject(
 		[]sql.Expression{expression.NewArithmetic(
 			expression.NewLiteral("2018-05-01", sql.Text),
diff --git a/sql/parse/util.go b/sql/parse/util.go
index f2826edf4..12df75710 100644
--- a/sql/parse/util.go
+++ b/sql/parse/util.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func readIdent(ident *string) parseFunc {
 func readQuotedIdent(ident *string) parseFunc {
 	return func(r *bufio.Reader) error {
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
-		if err := readLetter(r, &buf); err != nil {
+		if err := readValidQuotedIdentRune(r, &buf); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}