diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
index e4fcd311..0795ffc0 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class PathCompiler {
     private static final char SPLIT = ':';
     private static final char MINUS = '-';
     private static final char TICK = '\'';
+    private static final char DOUBLE_QUOTE = '"';
 
     private final LinkedList<Predicate> filterStack;
     private final CharacterIndex path;
@@ -345,9 +346,13 @@ public class PathCompiler {
     // ['foo']
     //
     private boolean readBracketPropertyToken(PathTokenAppender appender) {
-        if (!path.currentCharIs(OPEN_SQUARE_BRACKET) || !path.nextSignificantCharIs(TICK)) {
+        if (!path.currentCharIs(OPEN_SQUARE_BRACKET)) {
             return false;
         }
+        char potentialStringDelimiter = path.nextSignificantChar();
+        if (potentialStringDelimiter != TICK && potentialStringDelimiter != DOUBLE_QUOTE) {
+          return false;
+        }
 
         List<String> properties = new ArrayList<String>();
 
@@ -361,7 +366,7 @@ public class PathCompiler {
 
             if (c == CLOSE_SQUARE_BRACKET && !inProperty) {
                 break;
-            } else if (c == TICK) {
+            } else if (c == potentialStringDelimiter) {
                 if (inProperty) {
                     endPosition = readPosition;
                     properties.add(path.subSequence(startPosition, endPosition).toString());
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/PathCompilerTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/PathCompilerTest.java
index 2c232cca..a0d477fe 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/PathCompilerTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/PathCompilerTest.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class PathCompilerTest {
         assertThat(compile("$['1prop']").toString()).isEqualTo("$['1prop']");
         assertThat(compile("$['@prop']").toString()).isEqualTo("$['@prop']");
         assertThat(compile("$[  '@prop'  ]").toString()).isEqualTo("$['@prop']");
+        assertThat(compile("$[\"prop\"]").toString()).isEqualTo("$['prop']");
     }
 
     @Test