diff --git a/ale_linters/java/pmd.vim b/ale_linters/java/pmd.vim
index d461e094..b530ad09 100644
--- a/ale_linters/java/pmd.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/java/pmd.vim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 " Description: PMD for Java files
 
 function! ale_linters#java#pmd#Handle(buffer, lines) abort
-    let l:pattern = '"\(\d\+\)",".\+","\(.\+\)","\(\d\+\)","\(\d\+\)","\(.\+\)","\(.\+\)","\(.\+\)"$'
+    let l:pattern = '"\(\d\+\)",".*","\(.\+\)","\(\d\+\)","\(\d\+\)","\(.\+\)","\(.\+\)","\(.\+\)"$'
     let l:output = []
 
     for l:match in ale#util#GetMatches(a:lines, l:pattern)
diff --git a/test/handler/test_pmd_handler.vader b/test/handler/test_pmd_handler.vader
index 0c95fb2a..4f64c9ca 100644
--- a/test/handler/test_pmd_handler.vader
+++ b/test/handler/test_pmd_handler.vader
@@ -25,3 +25,18 @@ Execute(The pmd handler should parse lines correctly):
   \    '"1","rsb.performance.test.ros","/home/languitar/src/rsb-performance-test-api-ros/src/main/java/rsb/performance/test/ros/NodeHolder.java","3","18","Each class should declare at least one constructor","Code Style","AtLeastOneConstructor"',
   \    '"2","rsb.performance.test.ros","/home/languitar/src/rsb-performance-test-api-ros/src/main/java/rsb/performance/test/ros/NodeHolder.java","1","36","Local variable ''node'' could be declared final","Code Style","LocalVariableCouldBeFinal"'
   \ ])
+
+Execute(The pmd handler should parse lines correctly for java files that use unnamed packages):
+  AssertEqual
+  \ [
+  \   {
+  \     'lnum': 8,
+  \     'text': 'Avoid unused local variables such as ''stest''.',
+  \     'code': 'Best Practices - UnusedLocalVariable',
+  \     'type': 'W',
+  \   },
+  \ ],
+  \ ale_linters#java#pmd#Handle(666, [
+  \    '"Problem","Package","File","Priority","Line","Description","Rule set","Rule"',
+  \    '"1","","/Users/diego/Projects/github.com/dlresende/kata-fizz-buzz/src/main/java/App.java","3","8","Avoid unused local variables such as ''stest''.","Best Practices","UnusedLocalVariable"'
+  \ ])