diff --git a/src/Faker/Generator.php b/src/Faker/Generator.php
index 3d7ce6a6c9..c0a907f7a7 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Generator.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Generator.php
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ public function parse($string)
             return $this->format($matches[1]);
         };
 
-        return preg_replace_callback('/\{\{\s?(\w+)\s?\}\}/u', $callback, $string);
+        return preg_replace_callback('/{{\s?(\w+|[\w\\\]+->\w+?)\s?}}/u', $callback, $string);
     }
 
     /**