diff --git a/lib/cookie.c b/lib/cookie.c
index 46904ac57..375485f54 100644
--- a/lib/cookie.c
+++ b/lib/cookie.c
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ Curl_cookie_add(struct SessionHandle *data,
         }
         else if(Curl_raw_equal("domain", name)) {
           bool is_ip;
+          const char *dotp;
 
           /* Now, we make sure that our host is within the given domain,
              or the given domain is not valid and thus cannot be set. */
@@ -472,6 +473,11 @@ Curl_cookie_add(struct SessionHandle *data,
 
           is_ip = isip(domain ? domain : whatptr);
 
+          /* check for more dots */
+          dotp = strchr(whatptr, '.');
+          if(!dotp)
+            domain=":";
+
           if(!domain
              || (is_ip && !strcmp(whatptr, domain))
              || (!is_ip && tailmatch(whatptr, domain))) {
diff --git a/tests/data/test61 b/tests/data/test61
index d2de2790a..e6dbbb901 100644
--- a/tests/data/test61
+++ b/tests/data/test61
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Set-Cookie: test3=maybe; domain=foo.com; path=/moo; secure
 Set-Cookie: test4=no; domain=nope.foo.com; path=/moo; secure
 Set-Cookie: test5=name; domain=anything.com; path=/ ; secure
 Set-Cookie: fake=fooledyou; domain=..com; path=/;
+Set-Cookie: supercookie=fooledyou; domain=.com; path=/;^M
 Content-Length: 4
 
 boo