diff --git a/dlls/vbscript/lex.c b/dlls/vbscript/lex.c
index f3dc8ee8004..d481e6af9f2 100644
--- a/dlls/vbscript/lex.c
+++ b/dlls/vbscript/lex.c
@@ -26,6 +26,31 @@
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(vbscript);
 
+static inline BOOL is_identifier_char(WCHAR c)
+{
+    return isalnumW(c) || c == '_';
+}
+
+static int parse_identifier(parser_ctx_t *ctx, const WCHAR **ret)
+{
+    const WCHAR *ptr = ctx->ptr++;
+    WCHAR *str;
+    int len;
+
+    while(ctx->ptr < ctx->end && is_identifier_char(*ctx->ptr))
+        ctx->ptr++;
+    len = ctx->ptr-ptr;
+
+    str = parser_alloc(ctx, (len+1)*sizeof(WCHAR));
+    if(!str)
+        return 0;
+
+    memcpy(str, ptr, (len+1)*sizeof(WCHAR));
+    str[len] = 0;
+    *ret = str;
+    return tIdentifier;
+}
+
 static int parse_next_token(void *lval, parser_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
     WCHAR c;
@@ -37,6 +62,9 @@ static int parse_next_token(void *lval, parser_ctx_t *ctx)
 
     c = *ctx->ptr;
 
+    if(isalphaW(c))
+        return parse_identifier(ctx, lval);
+
     switch(c) {
     case '\n':
         ctx->ptr++;
diff --git a/dlls/vbscript/parse.h b/dlls/vbscript/parse.h
index d6dfbbc56a6..fa6424f9891 100644
--- a/dlls/vbscript/parse.h
+++ b/dlls/vbscript/parse.h
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ typedef struct {
 
 HRESULT parse_script(parser_ctx_t*,const WCHAR*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 int parser_lex(void*,parser_ctx_t*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+void *parser_alloc(parser_ctx_t*,size_t) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
diff --git a/dlls/vbscript/parser.y b/dlls/vbscript/parser.y
index e895cfd44ea..0ae6008026d 100644
--- a/dlls/vbscript/parser.y
+++ b/dlls/vbscript/parser.y
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ static void parse_complete(parser_ctx_t*);
 %pure_parser
 %start Program
 
-%token tEOF
-
 %union {
     const WCHAR *string;
 }
 
-%token tNL
+%token tEOF tNL
+%token <string> tIdentifier
 
 %%
 
@@ -62,6 +61,17 @@ static void parse_complete(parser_ctx_t *ctx)
     ctx->parse_complete = TRUE;
 }
 
+void *parser_alloc(parser_ctx_t *ctx, size_t size)
+{
+    void *ret;
+
+    /* FIXME: leaks! */
+    ret = heap_alloc(size);
+    if(!ret)
+        ctx->hres = E_OUTOFMEMORY;
+    return ret;
+}
+
 HRESULT parse_script(parser_ctx_t *ctx, const WCHAR *code)
 {
     ctx->code = ctx->ptr = code;