diff --git a/src/path.js b/src/path.js
index 5b205bd43..d9a625c19 100644
--- a/src/path.js
+++ b/src/path.js
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ pathStateMachine[IN_PATH] = {
 
 pathStateMachine[BEFORE_IDENT] = {
   'ws': [BEFORE_IDENT],
-  'ident': [IN_IDENT, APPEND]
+  'ident': [IN_IDENT, APPEND],
+  '0': [IN_IDENT, APPEND],
+  'number': [IN_IDENT, APPEND]
 }
 
 pathStateMachine[IN_IDENT] = {
diff --git a/test/specs/fixture/locales.js b/test/specs/fixture/locales.js
index 59992b998..5095f68b6 100644
--- a/test/specs/fixture/locales.js
+++ b/test/specs/fixture/locales.js
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ export default {
       link_end: 'This is a linked translation to @:message.hello',
       link_within: 'Isn\'t @:message.hello we live in great?',
       link_multiple: 'Hello @:message.hoge!, isn\'t @:message.hello great?',
-      'hyphen-locale': 'hello hyphen'
+      'hyphen-locale': 'hello hyphen',
+      '1234': 'Number-based keys are found',
+      '1mixedKey': 'Mixed keys are not found.'
     },
     'hello world': 'Hello World',
     'Hello {0}': 'Hello {0}',
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ export default {
         list: 'こんにちは {0}, ごきげんいかが？'
       },
       fallback1: 'これはフォールバック',
-      'hyphen-locale': 'こんにちは、ハイフン'
+      'hyphen-locale': 'こんにちは、ハイフン',
+      '1234': '数字ベースのキーは見つかりませんでした。',
+      '1mixedKey': 'ミックスされたキーは見つかりませんでした。'
     },
     plurals: {
       car: 'ザ・ワールド | これはフォールバック',
diff --git a/test/specs/issues.js b/test/specs/issues.js
index a54bcb98c..f221c05f0 100644
--- a/test/specs/issues.js
+++ b/test/specs/issues.js
@@ -55,4 +55,17 @@ describe('issues', () => {
       }
     })
   })
+
+  describe('#97', () => {
+    it('should be translated', () => {
+      assert.equal(
+        vm.$t('message.1234'),
+        locales[Vue.config.lang]['message']['1234']
+      )
+      assert.equal(
+        vm.$t('message.1mixedKey'),
+        locales[Vue.config.lang]['message']['1mixedKey']
+      )
+    })
+  })
 })