diff --git a/src/org/joni/Lexer.java b/src/org/joni/Lexer.java
index 695e8332..a441e7fd 100644
--- a/src/org/joni/Lexer.java
+++ b/src/org/joni/Lexer.java
@@ -956,6 +956,11 @@ private void fetchTokenFor_charProperty() {
                     unfetch();
                 }
             }
+            token.setPropSingleChar(false);
+        } else if (syntax.op2EscPCharCharProperty()) {
+            token.type = TokenType.CHAR_PROPERTY;
+            token.setPropNot(c == 'P');
+            token.setPropSingleChar(true);
         } else {
             syntaxWarn(Warnings.INVALID_UNICODE_PROPERTY, (char)c);
         }
@@ -1252,13 +1257,18 @@ private void possessiveCheck() {
     protected final int fetchCharPropertyToCType() {
         mark();
 
-        while (left()) {
-            int last = p;
+        if (token.getPropSingleChar()) {
             fetch();
-            if (c == '}') {
-                return enc.propertyNameToCType(bytes, _p, last);
-            } else if (c == '(' || c == ')' || c == '{' || c == '|') {
-                throw new CharacterPropertyException(ERR_INVALID_CHAR_PROPERTY_NAME, bytes, _p, last);
+            return enc.propertyNameToCType(bytes, _p, p);
+        } else {
+            while (left()) {
+                int last = p;
+                fetch();
+                if (c == '}') {
+                    return enc.propertyNameToCType(bytes, _p, last);
+                } else if (c == '(' || c == ')' || c == '{' || c == '|') {
+                    throw new CharacterPropertyException(ERR_INVALID_CHAR_PROPERTY_NAME, bytes, _p, last);
+                }
             }
         }
         newInternalException(ERR_PARSER_BUG);
diff --git a/src/org/joni/Syntax.java b/src/org/joni/Syntax.java
index 318fcc66..5bf6af74 100644
--- a/src/org/joni/Syntax.java
+++ b/src/org/joni/Syntax.java
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ public boolean op2QMarkLParenCondition() {
         return isOp2(OP2_QMARK_LPAREN_CONDITION);
     }
 
+    public boolean op2EscPCharCharProperty() {
+        return isOp2(OP2_ESC_P_BRACE_CHAR_PROPERTY);
+    }
+
     /**
      * BEHAVIOR
      *
@@ -542,7 +546,8 @@ public boolean warnReduntantNestedRepeat() {
         OP2_PLUS_POSSESSIVE_INTERVAL | OP2_CCLASS_SET_OP |
         OP2_QMARK_LT_NAMED_GROUP | OP2_ESC_K_NAMED_BACKREF |
         OP2_ESC_V_VTAB | OP2_ESC_U_HEX4 |
-        OP2_ESC_P_BRACE_CHAR_PROPERTY ),
+        OP2_ESC_P_BRACE_CHAR_PROPERTY |
+        OP2_ESC_P_CHAR_CHAR_PROPERTY),
 
         ( GNU_REGEX_BV | DIFFERENT_LEN_ALT_LOOK_BEHIND ),
 
diff --git a/src/org/joni/Token.java b/src/org/joni/Token.java
index 321ad91d..06d08f54 100644
--- a/src/org/joni/Token.java
+++ b/src/org/joni/Token.java
@@ -170,4 +170,11 @@ boolean getPropNot() {
     void setPropNot(boolean not) {
         INT2 = not ? 1 : 0;
     }
+
+    boolean getPropSingleChar() {
+        return INT3 != 0;
+    }
+    void setPropSingleChar(boolean singleChar) {
+        INT3 = singleChar ? 1 : 0;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/org/joni/constants/SyntaxProperties.java b/src/org/joni/constants/SyntaxProperties.java
index d1e2cd39..44a0fea3 100644
--- a/src/org/joni/constants/SyntaxProperties.java
+++ b/src/org/joni/constants/SyntaxProperties.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public interface SyntaxProperties {
     final int OP2_ESC_H_XDIGIT               = (1<<19); /* \h, \H */
     final int OP2_INEFFECTIVE_ESCAPE         = (1<<20); /* \ */
     final int OP2_OPTION_ECMASCRIPT          = (1<<21); /* EcmaScript quirks */
+    final int OP2_ESC_P_CHAR_CHAR_PROPERTY   = (1<<22); /* \pX, \PX */
 
     final int OP2_QMARK_LPAREN_CONDITION     = (1<<29); /* (?(cond)yes...|no...) */
 
diff --git a/test/org/joni/test/TestJava.java b/test/org/joni/test/TestJava.java
index 7837852e..e65cc77a 100644
--- a/test/org/joni/test/TestJava.java
+++ b/test/org/joni/test/TestJava.java
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ public void test() throws InterruptedException {
         x2s("[\\u00e0-\\u00e5]", "\u00c2", 0, 2, Option.IGNORECASE);
         x2s("[\\u00e2]", "\u00c2", 0, 2, Option.IGNORECASE);
         x2s("\\u00e2", "\u00c2", 0, 2, Option.IGNORECASE);
+
+        // test \pL, one character char class without curly braces
+        x2s("\\pL", "A", 0, 1);
+        ns("\\PL", "A");
+        ns("\\pL", "0");
+        x2s("\\PL", "0", 0, 1);
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {