diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
index 3c0d99ee6..67e29e12f 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
@@ -753,11 +753,11 @@ def satisfies(self, slurm_constraint):
         # their combinations; since Slurm features are not valid Python
         # identifiers, we replace them with booleans before evaluating.
 
-        if not re.match(r'^[\-\w\(\)\|\&]+$', slurm_constraint):
+        if not re.match(r'^[\-\w.\(\)\|\&]+$', slurm_constraint):
             return False
 
         expr = re.sub(
-            r'[\-\w]+',
+            r'[\-\w.]+',
             lambda m: str(m.group(0) in self.active_features),
             slurm_constraint
         ).replace('|', ' or ').replace('&', ' and ')
diff --git a/unittests/test_schedulers.py b/unittests/test_schedulers.py
index 9a14da9d6..68d627e98 100644
--- a/unittests/test_schedulers.py
+++ b/unittests/test_schedulers.py
@@ -1431,6 +1431,44 @@ def test_slurm_node_attributes(slurm_node_allocated, slurm_node_nopart):
     assert slurm_node_nopart.active_features == {'f1', 'f2'}
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def slurm_node_dotted_features():
+    return _SlurmNode(
+        'NodeName=nid00007 Arch=x86_64 CoresPerSocket=12 '
+        'CPUAlloc=0 CPUErr=0 CPUTot=24 CPULoad=0.00 '
+        'AvailableFeatures=f1.1,f2.2.3,f3 '
+        'ActiveFeatures=f1.1,f2.2.3,f3 '
+        'Gres=gpu:1 NodeAddr=nid00007 '
+        'NodeHostName=nid00007 Version=10.00 OS=Linux '
+        'RealMemory=32220 AllocMem=0 FreeMem=10000 '
+        'Sockets=1 Boards=1 State=IDLE '
+        'ThreadsPerCore=2 TmpDisk=0 Weight=1 Owner=N/A '
+        'MCS_label=N/A Partitions=p1 '
+        'BootTime=01 Jan 2018 '
+        'SlurmdStartTime=01 Jan 2018 '
+        'CfgTRES=cpu=24,mem=32220M '
+        'AllocTRES= CapWatts=n/a CurrentWatts=100 '
+        'LowestJoules=100000000 ConsumedJoules=0 '
+        'ExtSensorsJoules=n/s ExtSensorsWatts=0 '
+        'ExtSensorsTemp=n/s Reason=Foo/ '
+        'failed [reframe_user@01 Jan 2018]'
+    )
+
+
+def test_slurm_node_satisfies_dotted_features(slurm_node_dotted_features):
+    node = slurm_node_dotted_features
+    assert node.active_features == {'f1.1', 'f2.2.3', 'f3'}
+    assert node.satisfies('f1.1')
+    assert node.satisfies('f2.2.3')
+    assert node.satisfies('f1.1&f3')
+    assert node.satisfies('f1.1|f9.9')
+    assert node.satisfies('(f1.1|f9)&f2.2.3')
+    assert not node.satisfies('f9.9')
+    assert not node.satisfies('f1.1&f9.9')
+    assert not node.satisfies('f1.1;f3')
+    assert not node.satisfies('f1.1 f3')
+
+
 def test_hash(slurm_node_allocated):
     assert (hash(slurm_node_allocated) ==
             hash(_SlurmNode(slurm_node_allocated.descr)))