1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 1f8de3881..ba19773a2 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ okname(cp0)
                 c = *cp;
                 if (c & 0200)
                         goto bad;
-                if (!isalpha(c) && !isdigit(c) && c != '_' && c != '-')
+                if (!isalpha(c) && !isdigit(c) && c != '_' && c != '-' && c != '.')
                         goto bad;
         } while (*++cp);
         return (1);