diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIResultParser.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIResultParser.java
index 7b70fd13b..56839822a 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIResultParser.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIResultParser.java
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  */
 public final class URIResultParser extends ResultParser {
 
-  private static final String ALPHANUM_PART = "[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]";
   private static final Pattern URL_WITH_PROTOCOL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,}:");
   private static final Pattern URL_WITHOUT_PROTOCOL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
-      '(' + ALPHANUM_PART + "+\\.)+" + ALPHANUM_PART + "{2,}" + // host name elements
+      "([a-zA-Z0-9\\-]+\\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}" + // host name elements
       "(:\\d{1,5})?" + // maybe port
       "(/|\\?|$)"); // query, path or nothing
 
diff --git a/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIParsedResultTestCase.java b/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIParsedResultTestCase.java
index 1a9381196..bcbd3f23c 100644
--- a/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIParsedResultTestCase.java
+++ b/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIParsedResultTestCase.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public final class URIParsedResultTestCase extends Assert {
   @Test
   public void testURI() {
     doTest("google.com", "http://google.com", null);
+    doTest("123.com", "http://123.com", null);
     doTest("http://google.com", "http://google.com", null);
     doTest("https://google.com", "https://google.com", null);
     doTest("google.com:443", "http://google.com:443", null);
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ public final class URIParsedResultTestCase extends Assert {
     doTestNotUri(":80/");
     doTestNotUri("ABC,20.3,AB,AD");
     doTestNotUri("http://google.com?q=foo bar");
+    doTestNotUri("12756.501");
+    doTestNotUri("google.50");
   }
 
   @Test