diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/thriftl.ll b/compiler/cpp/src/thriftl.ll
index c3d577e..af033d6 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/thriftl.ll
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/thriftl.ll
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 {unixcomment}        { /* do nothing */                 }
 
 {symbol}             { return yytext[0];                }
+"*"                  { return yytext[0];                }
 
 "namespace"          { return tok_namespace;            }
 "cpp_namespace"      { return tok_cpp_namespace;        }