diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
index 37117078..18be6043 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ var rtSpecialKeyTableSection = `["/tmp/blah"]
 value = "hello"
 `
 
+var rtSpecialKeyDottedTableSection = `[servers."http://localhost:8080"]
+ip = "127.0.0.1"
+`
+
 var tomlScenarios = []formatScenario{
 	{
 		skipDoc:      true,
@@ -638,6 +642,14 @@ var tomlScenarios = []formatScenario{
 		expected:     rtSpecialKeyTableSection,
 		scenarioType: "roundtrip",
 	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		description:  "Roundtrip: special character key in dotted table section header",
+		input:        rtSpecialKeyDottedTableSection,
+		expression:   ".",
+		expected:     rtSpecialKeyDottedTableSection,
+		scenarioType: "roundtrip",
+	},
 }
 
 func testTomlScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {