diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/grammars/javadoc/JavadocLexer.g4 b/src/main/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/grammars/javadoc/JavadocLexer.g4
index bca7ec8a9..978b42e11 100755
--- a/src/main/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/grammars/javadoc/JavadocLexer.g4
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/grammars/javadoc/JavadocLexer.g4
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ CHAR        :   . ;
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 mode param;
 Space0: WS -> type(WS);
-PARAMETER_NAME: [a-zA-Z0-9<>_-]+ -> mode(DEFAULT_MODE);
+PARAMETER_NAME: [a-zA-Z0-9<>_$]+ -> mode(DEFAULT_MODE);
 Char1: . 
       {
             skipCurrentTokenConsuming();
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ Newline5: NEWLINE
 Leading_asterisk3: LEADING_ASTERISK -> type(LEADING_ASTERISK);
 XmlTagOpen1: '<' -> type(OPEN), pushMode(xmlTagDefinition);
 STRING: '"' .*? '"' {referenceCatched = false;} -> mode(DEFAULT_MODE);
-PACKAGE: [a-z] ([a-z_-] | '.')+ [a-z_-] {referenceCatched = true;};
+PACKAGE: [a-z$] ([a-z_$] | '.')+ [a-z_$] {referenceCatched = true;};
 DOT: '.';
 HASH: '#' {referenceCatched = true;} -> mode(classMemeber);
-CLASS: [A-Z] [a-zA-Z0-9_-]* {referenceCatched = true;};
+CLASS: [A-Z] [a-zA-Z0-9_$]* {referenceCatched = true;};
 End20: JAVADOC_INLINE_TAG_END
       {
             insideJavadocInlineTag--;
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ Char2: .
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 mode classMemeber;
-MEMBER: [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+ {!insideReferenceArguments}?;
+MEMBER: [a-zA-Z0-9_$]+ {!insideReferenceArguments}?;
 LEFT_BRACE: '(' {insideReferenceArguments=true;};
 RIGHT_BRACE: ')' {insideReferenceArguments=false;};
-ARGUMENT: ([a-zA-Z0-9_-] | '.' | '[' | ']')+ {insideReferenceArguments}?;
+ARGUMENT: ([a-zA-Z0-9_$] | '.' | '[' | ']')+ {insideReferenceArguments}?;
 COMMA: ',' {insideReferenceArguments}?;
 Leading_asterisk6: LEADING_ASTERISK
       {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Char20: .
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 mode serialField;
 Space2: WS -> type(WS);
-FIELD_NAME: [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+ -> mode(serialFieldFieldType);
+FIELD_NAME: [a-zA-Z0-9_$]+ -> mode(serialFieldFieldType);
 Char3: . 
       {
             skipCurrentTokenConsuming();
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Char3: .
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 mode serialFieldFieldType;
 Space3: WS -> type(WS);
-FIELD_TYPE: [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+ -> mode(DEFAULT_MODE);
+FIELD_TYPE: [a-zA-Z0-9_$]+ -> mode(DEFAULT_MODE);
 Char4: .
       {
             skipCurrentTokenConsuming();
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Char4: .
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 mode exception;
 Space4: WS -> type(WS);
-CLASS_NAME: ([a-zA-Z0-9_-] | '.')+ -> mode(DEFAULT_MODE);
+CLASS_NAME: ([a-zA-Z0-9_$] | '.')+ -> mode(DEFAULT_MODE);
 Char5: .
       {
             skipCurrentTokenConsuming();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocParseTreeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocParseTreeTest.java
index 6831e96d4..8f8ea61dd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocParseTreeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocParseTreeTest.java
@@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ public class JavadocParseTreeTest
         compareTrees(expectedTree, generatedTree);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void dollarInLink()
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        String filename = folderWithInputFiles + "/javadocTags/DollarInLink.txt";
+        ParseTree generatedTree = parseJavadoc(getFileContent(new File(filename)));
+        ParseTree expectedTree = ParseTreeBuilder.treeDollarInLink();
+        compareTrees(expectedTree, generatedTree);
+    }
+
     private void compareTrees(ParseTree t1, ParseTree t2)
     {
         Assert.assertEquals(t1.toStringTree(parser), t2.toStringTree(parser));
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/ParseTreeBuilder.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/ParseTreeBuilder.java
index 85cbe184c..5b42b9a30 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/ParseTreeBuilder.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/ParseTreeBuilder.java
@@ -2428,4 +2428,45 @@ public class ParseTreeBuilder
         vfDcF.addChild(rrjXS);
         return vfDcF;
     }
+
+    public static ParseTree treeDollarInLink()
+    {
+        JavadocContext yCrNh = new JavadocContext(null, 0);
+        JavadocInlineTagContext yZEPk = new JavadocInlineTagContext(yCrNh, 0);
+        CommonToken QaRFV = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.JAVADOC_INLINE_TAG_START, "{");
+        yZEPk.addChild(QaRFV);
+        CommonToken LnzvV = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.LINK_LITERAL, "@link");
+        yZEPk.addChild(LnzvV);
+        CommonToken WcdhT = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.WS, " ");
+        yZEPk.addChild(WcdhT);
+        ReferenceContext yPHKq = new ReferenceContext(yZEPk, 0);
+        CommonToken tfKuW = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.CLASS, "My$Class");
+        yPHKq.addChild(tfKuW);
+        CommonToken asCBP = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.HASH, "#");
+        yPHKq.addChild(asCBP);
+        CommonToken VfpBA = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.MEMBER, "$$simple_$Method");
+        yPHKq.addChild(VfpBA);
+        ParametersContext zUjHC = new ParametersContext(yPHKq, 0);
+        CommonToken evbHg = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.LEFT_BRACE, "(");
+        zUjHC.addChild(evbHg);
+        CommonToken mpzxn = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.ARGUMENT, "_A78");
+        zUjHC.addChild(mpzxn);
+        CommonToken kOOdW = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.COMMA, ",");
+        zUjHC.addChild(kOOdW);
+        CommonToken LvnuO = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.WS, " ");
+        zUjHC.addChild(LvnuO);
+        CommonToken IScAu = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.ARGUMENT, "$8$");
+        zUjHC.addChild(IScAu);
+        CommonToken aULsN = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.RIGHT_BRACE, ")");
+        zUjHC.addChild(aULsN);
+        yPHKq.addChild(zUjHC);
+        yZEPk.addChild(yPHKq);
+        CommonToken DCMuM = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.JAVADOC_INLINE_TAG_END, "}");
+        yZEPk.addChild(DCMuM);
+        yCrNh.addChild(yZEPk);
+        CommonToken AcQbE = new CommonToken(JavadocTokenTypes.EOF, "<EOF>");
+        yCrNh.addChild(AcQbE);
+        return yCrNh;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/grammars/javadoc/javadocTags/DollarInLink.txt b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/grammars/javadoc/javadocTags/DollarInLink.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..622f30cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/grammars/javadoc/javadocTags/DollarInLink.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{@link My$Class#$$simple_$Method(_A78, $8$)}
\ No newline at end of file