diff --git a/oelint_parser/parser.py b/oelint_parser/parser.py
index 862ece5..721af5a 100644
--- a/oelint_parser/parser.py
+++ b/oelint_parser/parser.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def get_items(stash, _file, lineOffset=0):
         list: List of oelint_parser.cls_item.* representations
     """
     res = []
-    __regex_var = r"^(?P<varname>([A-Z0-9a-z_-]|\$|\{|\}|:)+?)(\[(?P<ident>(\w|-|\.)+)\])*(?P<varop>(\s|\t)*(\+|\?|\:|\.)*=(\+|\.)*(\s|\t)*)(?P<varval>.*)"
+    __regex_var = r"^(?P<varname>([A-Z0-9a-z_.-]|\$|\{|\}|:)+?)(\[(?P<ident>(\w|-|\.)+)\])*(?P<varop>(\s|\t)*(\+|\?|\:|\.)*=(\+|\.)*(\s|\t)*)(?P<varval>.*)"
     __regex_func = r"^((?P<py>python)\s*|(?P<fr>fakeroot\s*))*(?P<func>[\w\.\-\+\{\}:\$]+)?\s*\(\s*\)\s*\{(?P<funcbody>.*)\s*\}"
     __regex_inherit = r"^.*?inherit(\s+|\t+)(?P<inhname>.+)"
     __regex_export_wval = r"^\s*?export(\s+|\t+)(?P<name>.+)\s*=\s*\"(?P<value>.*)\""