diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
index 53653220e..f2d34e293 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public abstract class QueryUtils {
 	private static final Pattern ALIAS_MATCH;
 	private static final Pattern COUNT_MATCH;
 
-	private static final String IDENTIFIER = "[\\p{L}._$]+";
+	private static final String IDENTIFIER = "[\\p{Alnum}._$]+";
 	private static final String IDENTIFIER_GROUP = String.format("(%s)", IDENTIFIER);
 
 	static {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtilsUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtilsUnitTests.java
index 155728fca..8832da60b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtilsUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtilsUnitTests.java
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ public class QueryUtilsUnitTests {
 		assertThat(detectAlias("SELECT FROM USER U"), is("U"));
 		assertThat(detectAlias("select u from  User u"), IS_U);
 		assertThat(detectAlias("select u from  com.acme.User u"), IS_U);
+		assertThat(detectAlias("select u from T05User u"), IS_U);
 	}
 
 	@Test