diff --git a/salt/utils/args.py b/salt/utils/args.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/utils/args.py
+++ b/salt/utils/args.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import re
 # Import salt libs
 from salt._compat import string_types, integer_types
 
-#KWARG_REGEX = re.compile(r'^([^\d\W][\w-]*)=(?!=)(.*)$', re.UNICODE)  # python 3
-KWARG_REGEX = re.compile(r'^([^\d\W][\w-]*)=(?!=)(.*)$')
+#KWARG_REGEX = re.compile(r'^([^\d\W][\w.-]*)=(?!=)(.*)$', re.UNICODE)  # python 3
+KWARG_REGEX = re.compile(r'^([^\d\W][\w.-]*)=(?!=)(.*)$')
 
 
 def condition_input(args, kwargs):
Allow dots in kwarg names