diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/servo/DefaultServerMetricNamingTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/servo/DefaultServerMetricNamingTests.java
index 16e89387a..616e5ee41 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/servo/DefaultServerMetricNamingTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/servo/DefaultServerMetricNamingTests.java
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ public class DefaultServerMetricNamingTests {
 		assertThat(name, is(equalTo("servo.testmetric")));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void nameWithPeriodWorks() {
+		MonitorConfig config = MonitorConfig.builder("test.Metric") .build();
+		String name = naming.getName(new Metric(config, System.currentTimeMillis(), 0));
+		assertThat(name, is(equalTo("servo.test.metric")));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void typeTagWorks() {
 		MonitorConfig config = MonitorConfig.builder("testMetric")