--- a/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/DocCommentParser.java	Fri Mar 27 10:11:21 2015 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/DocCommentParser.java	Sat Mar 28 10:18:27 2015 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
         loop:
         while (isIdentifierStart(ch)) {
             int namePos = bp;
-            Name name = readIdentifier();
+            Name name = readAttributeName();
             skipWhitespace();
             List<DCTree> value = null;
             ValueKind vkind = ValueKind.EMPTY;
@@ -905,6 +905,14 @@
         return names.fromChars(buf, start, bp - start);
     }
 
+    protected Name readAttributeName() {
+        int start = bp;
+        nextChar();
+        while (bp < buflen && (Character.isUnicodeIdentifierPart(ch) || ch == '-'))
+            nextChar();
+        return names.fromChars(buf, start, bp - start);
+    }
+
     protected Name readTagName() {
         int start = bp;
         nextChar();

--- a/langtools/test/tools/javac/doctree/AttrTest.java	Fri Mar 27 10:11:21 2015 -0700
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/doctree/AttrTest.java	Sat Mar 28 10:18:27 2015 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug 7021614
+ * @bug 7021614 8076026
  * @summary extend com.sun.source API to support parsing javadoc comments
  * @build DocCommentTester
  * @run main DocCommentTester AttrTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,30 @@
 */
 
     /**
+     * <a name-test=hyphened>foo</a>
+     */
+    void hyphened_attr() { }
+/*
+DocComment[DOC_COMMENT, pos:1
+  firstSentence: 3
+    StartElement[START_ELEMENT, pos:1
+      name:a
+      attributes: 1
+        Attribute[ATTRIBUTE, pos:4
+          name: name-test
+          vkind: UNQUOTED
+          value: 1
+            Text[TEXT, pos:14, hyphened]
+        ]
+    ]
+    Text[TEXT, pos:23, foo]
+    EndElement[END_ELEMENT, pos:26, a]
+  body: empty
+  block tags: empty
+]
+*/
+
+    /**
      * <a name="double_quoted">foo</a>
      */
     void double_quoted_attr() { }