diff --git a/apps/rebar/src/rebar_prv_shell.erl b/apps/rebar/src/rebar_prv_shell.erl
index c6fb55995..efc0b68fd 100644
--- a/apps/rebar/src/rebar_prv_shell.erl
+++ b/apps/rebar/src/rebar_prv_shell.erl
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ simulate_proc_lib() ->
 
 maybe_run_eval(State) ->
     Exprs = find_evals_to_run(State),
-    lists:map(fun(Expr) ->
+    lists:map(fun(Expr0) ->
+        Expr = maybe_append_dot(Expr0),
         ?INFO("Evaluating: ~p",[Expr]),
         {ok, _} = eval(Expr)
     end, Exprs).
@@ -386,6 +387,15 @@ eval(Expression) ->
             end
     end.
 
+maybe_append_dot(Expression) ->
+    case re:run(Expression, "\\.\\s*$", [{capture, none}, unicode]) of
+        nomatch ->
+            ?DEBUG("Appending missing '.' to the end of ~p",[Expression]),
+            Expression ++ ".";
+        match ->
+            Expression
+    end.
+
 setup_name(State) ->
     {Long, Short, Opts} = rebar_dist_utils:find_options(State),
     rebar_dist_utils:either(Long, Short, Opts).