diff --git a/pkg/dockerscript/scanner/extra.go b/pkg/dockerscript/scanner/extra.go
index 63302dc523..c3e88b9b3d 100644
--- a/pkg/dockerscript/scanner/extra.go
+++ b/pkg/dockerscript/scanner/extra.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func detectIdent(ch rune) bool {
 	if unicode.IsDigit(ch) {
 		return true
 	}
-	if strings.ContainsRune("_:/+-@%^.!", ch) {
+	if strings.ContainsRune("_:/+-@%^.!=", ch) {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false