diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlecode/aviator/lexer/ExpressionLexer.java b/src/main/java/com/googlecode/aviator/lexer/ExpressionLexer.java
index e7564c37..392492e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlecode/aviator/lexer/ExpressionLexer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlecode/aviator/lexer/ExpressionLexer.java
@@ -434,15 +434,23 @@ private Token<?> scanVariable() {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     boolean hasDot = false;
 
-    do {
-      if (this.peek == '.') {
-        hasDot = true;
+    // The first character is a valid Java identifier start, never a dot.
+    sb.append(this.peek);
+    nextChar();
+    while (true) {
+      if (Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(this.peek) || this.peek == '.') {
+        if (this.peek == '.') {
+          hasDot = true;
+        }
+        sb.append(this.peek);
+        nextChar();
+      } else if (hasDot && this.peek == '[' && tryAbsorbChainedIndex(sb)) {
+        // The "[digits]" text has been appended and the lexer now points at the
+        // following '.', which the next iteration consumes.
+      } else {
+        break;
       }
-      sb.append(this.peek);
-      nextChar();
-      // Only allow [] after a dot has been seen (property access syntax)
-    } while (Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(this.peek) || this.peek == '.'
-        || (hasDot && (this.peek == '[' || this.peek == ']')));
+    }
 
     String lexeme = sb.toString();
     Variable variable = new Variable(lexeme, this.lineNo, startIndex);
@@ -450,6 +458,46 @@ private Token<?> scanVariable() {
   }
 
 
+  /**
+   * Try to absorb a mid-chain integer-literal index into the variable lexeme, e.g. the "[0]" in
+   * "foo.bars[0].name".
+   *
+   * <p>
+   * Only a non-negative integer literal index immediately followed by another property segment
+   * ('.') is absorbed, because such a chain cannot be expressed through the parser's array-access
+   * handling. Dynamic indices (foo.bars[i]), expression indices (foo.bars[i + 1]), trailing indices
+   * (foo.bars[0]) and multi-dimensional indices (foo.bars[0][1]) are left untouched so the parser
+   * resolves them via {@code getElement}, which preserves dynamic and multi-dimensional indexing.
+   *
+   * <p>
+   * On success the "[digits]" text is appended to {@code sb} and the lexer is positioned at the
+   * following '.'. On failure the lexer is restored to the original '[' and the method returns
+   * false.
+   *
+   * @param sb the variable lexeme being built, positioned at '['
+   * @return true if a chained literal index was absorbed
+   */
+  private boolean tryAbsorbChainedIndex(final StringBuilder sb) {
+    int mark = this.iterator.getIndex(); // points at '['
+    StringBuilder digits = new StringBuilder();
+    nextChar(); // skip '['
+    while (Character.isDigit(this.peek)) {
+      digits.append(this.peek);
+      nextChar();
+    }
+    if (digits.length() > 0 && this.peek == ']') {
+      nextChar(); // skip ']'
+      if (this.peek == '.') {
+        sb.append('[').append(digits).append(']');
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    // Not a chained literal index: restore the lexer to the original '['.
+    this.peek = this.iterator.setIndex(mark);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Scan operator character.
    * 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlecode/aviator/lexer/ExpressionLexerUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlecode/aviator/lexer/ExpressionLexerUnitTest.java
index 242a1a64..3033ec31 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlecode/aviator/lexer/ExpressionLexerUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlecode/aviator/lexer/ExpressionLexerUnitTest.java
@@ -453,6 +453,78 @@ public void testNormalVarWithDotOnly() {
   }
 
 
+  @Test
+  public void testDottedVarWithDynamicIndexNotAbsorbed() {
+    // A dynamic index must not be swallowed into the variable lexeme; it is left to
+    // the parser's array-access handling: variable "a.b", then '[', 'i', ']'.
+    this.lexer = new ExpressionLexer(this.instance, "a.b[i]");
+    Token<?> token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Variable, token.getType());
+    assertEquals("a.b", token.getValue(null));
+
+    token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Char, token.getType());
+    assertEquals('[', token.getValue(null));
+
+    token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Variable, token.getType());
+    assertEquals("i", token.getValue(null));
+
+    token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Char, token.getType());
+    assertEquals(']', token.getValue(null));
+    assertNull(this.lexer.scan());
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDottedVarWithTrailingLiteralIndexNotAbsorbed() {
+    // A trailing literal index (not followed by another '.') is left to the parser too.
+    this.lexer = new ExpressionLexer(this.instance, "a.b[0]");
+    Token<?> token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Variable, token.getType());
+    assertEquals("a.b", token.getValue(null));
+
+    token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Char, token.getType());
+    assertEquals('[', token.getValue(null));
+
+    token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Number, token.getType());
+    assertEquals(0, token.getValue(null));
+
+    token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Char, token.getType());
+    assertEquals(']', token.getValue(null));
+    assertNull(this.lexer.scan());
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDottedVarWithMultiDimensionalIndexNotAbsorbed() {
+    // Consecutive indices are left to the parser (no mid-chain '.' between them).
+    this.lexer = new ExpressionLexer(this.instance, "a.b[0][1]");
+    Token<?> token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Variable, token.getType());
+    assertEquals("a.b", token.getValue(null));
+
+    token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Char, token.getType());
+    assertEquals('[', token.getValue(null));
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDottedVarWithMidChainLiteralIndexAbsorbed() {
+    // A literal index followed by another property segment is part of the lexeme.
+    this.lexer = new ExpressionLexer(this.instance, "a.b[0].c");
+    Token<?> token = this.lexer.scan();
+    assertEquals(TokenType.Variable, token.getType());
+    assertEquals("a.b[0].c", token.getValue(null));
+    assertNull(this.lexer.scan());
+  }
+
+
   @Test
   public void testExpression_Logic_Join() {
     this.lexer = new ExpressionLexer(this.instance, "a || c ");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlecode/aviator/test/function/QuoteVarTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlecode/aviator/test/function/QuoteVarTest.java
index 19d95114..ee23ae34 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlecode/aviator/test/function/QuoteVarTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlecode/aviator/test/function/QuoteVarTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.googlecode.aviator.test.function;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -149,4 +150,35 @@ public void testPropertyChainWhenNoFullKey() {
   public void testInvalidPropertyChainWithEmptySegment() {
     AviatorEvaluator.execute("a..b");
   }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDottedVarWithDynamicIndex() {
+    Map<String, Object> env = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    Map<String, Object> a = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    a.put("list", Arrays.asList(10, 20, 30));
+    env.put("a", a);
+    env.put("i", 1);
+
+    // Dynamic index on a dotted path must be evaluated as an expression.
+    assertEquals(20, AviatorEvaluator.execute("a.list[i]", env));
+    assertEquals(30, AviatorEvaluator.execute("a.list[i + 1]", env));
+    // A literal index expression is also evaluated, not parsed as a bare literal key.
+    assertEquals(30, AviatorEvaluator.execute("a.list[0 + 2]", env));
+    // Trailing literal index still works.
+    assertEquals(10, AviatorEvaluator.execute("a.list[0]", env));
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDottedVarWithMultiDimensionalIndex() {
+    Map<String, Object> env = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    Map<String, Object> a = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    a.put("grid", Arrays.asList(Arrays.asList(1, 2), Arrays.asList(3, 4)));
+    env.put("a", a);
+    env.put("i", 1);
+
+    assertEquals(2, AviatorEvaluator.execute("a.grid[0][1]", env));
+    assertEquals(3, AviatorEvaluator.execute("a.grid[i][0]", env));
+  }
 }