diff --git a/src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll b/src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll
index eae74b6e..2a6bb873 100755
--- a/src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll
+++ b/src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ CONFIG_SEC_REMOTE_RULES              (?i:SecRemoteRules)
 CONFIG_SEC_REMOTE_RULES_FAIL_ACTION  (?i:SecRemoteRulesFailAction)
 
 
-DICT_ELEMENT    [A-Za-z_0-9]+
+DICT_ELEMENT    [A-Za-z_0-9-]+
 
 
 OPERATOR        (?i:(?:@inspectFile|@fuzzyHash|@validateByteRange|@validateDTD|@validateHash|@validateSchema|@verifyCC|@verifyCPF|@verifySSN|@gsbLookup|@rsub)|(?:\!{0,1})(?:@within|@containsWord|@contains|@endsWith|@eq|@ge|@gt|@ipMatchF|@ipMatch|@ipMatchFromFile|@le|@lt|@pmf|@pm|@pmFromFile|@rbl|@rx|@streq|@strmatch|@beginsWith))