diff --git a/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlComponent.java b/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlComponent.java
index 68fa280731..5c323c4aa6 100644
--- a/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlComponent.java
+++ b/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlComponent.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public String toString() {
                 "componentName=" + componentName +
                 ", stereotypes=" + stereotypes +
                 ", alias=" + alias +
-                ", dependencies=" + dependencies +
+                ", dependencies=" + dependencies.size() +
                 '}';
     }
 
diff --git a/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlPatterns.java b/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlPatterns.java
index a7ce0cfbca..6f29524fc1 100644
--- a/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlPatterns.java
+++ b/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlPatterns.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 class PlantUmlPatterns {
     private static final String OPTIONAL_COMPONENT_KEYWORD_FORMAT = "(?:component)?";
     private static final String COMPONENT_NAME_GROUP_NAME = "componentName";
+    private static final String LONG_COMPONENT_NAME_GROUP_NAME = "longComponentName";
     private static final String COMPONENT_NAME_FORMAT = "\\[" + capture(anythingBut("\\[\\]"), COMPONENT_NAME_GROUP_NAME) + "]";
 
     private static final String STEREOTYPE_FORMAT = "(?:<<" + capture(anythingBut("<>")) + ">>\\s*)";
@@ -46,9 +47,12 @@ class PlantUmlPatterns {
 
     private static final String COLOR_FORMAT = "\\s*(?:#" + anyOf("\\w|/\\\\-") + "+)?";
 
+    private static final String COMPONENT_PACKAGE_IDENTIFIER = "(?:component|package)";
     private static final Pattern PLANTUML_COMPONENT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
-            "^\\s*" + OPTIONAL_COMPONENT_KEYWORD_FORMAT
-                    + "\\s*" + COMPONENT_NAME_FORMAT
+            "^\\s*"
+                    + "(?:" + OPTIONAL_COMPONENT_KEYWORD_FORMAT + "\\s*" + COMPONENT_NAME_FORMAT
+                    + "|" + COMPONENT_PACKAGE_IDENTIFIER + "\\s+\""
+                    + capture("[^\"]*", "longComponentName") + "\")"
                     + "\\s*" + STEREOTYPE_FORMAT + "*"
                     + ALIAS_FORMAT
                     + COLOR_FORMAT
@@ -105,7 +109,11 @@ static class PlantUmlComponentMatcher {
         }
 
         String matchComponentName() {
-            return componentMatcher.group(COMPONENT_NAME_GROUP_NAME);
+            String name = componentMatcher.group(COMPONENT_NAME_GROUP_NAME);
+            if (name == null) {
+                return componentMatcher.group(LONG_COMPONENT_NAME_GROUP_NAME);
+            }
+            return name;
         }
 
         Set<String> matchStereoTypes() {
diff --git a/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlParserTest.java b/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlParserTest.java
index 873d8dde45..0a3e016d4d 100644
--- a/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlParserTest.java
+++ b/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/PlantUmlParserTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,64 @@ public class PlantUmlParserTest {
     @Rule
     public final TemporaryFolder temporaryFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
 
+    @Test
+    public void parses_long_syntax_from_file() {
+        PlantUmlDiagram diagram = parseFile("components-long-syntax.puml");
+
+        verifyComponentLayers(diagram);
+        verifyComponentAlias(diagram);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parses_packages_from_file() {
+        PlantUmlDiagram diagram = parseFile("packages-long-syntax.puml");
+
+        verifyComponentLayers(diagram);
+        verifyComponentAlias(diagram);
+    }
+
+    private void verifyComponentAlias(PlantUmlDiagram diagram) {
+        assertThat(diagram.getAllComponents()).hasSize(3)
+                .satisfiesExactlyInAnyOrder(
+                        c -> assertThat(c.getAlias()).contains(new Alias("web")),
+                        c -> assertThat(c.getAlias()).contains(new Alias("usecase")),
+                        c -> assertThat(c.getAlias()).contains(new Alias("persistence")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parses_components_from_file() {
+        PlantUmlDiagram diagram = parseFile("components-short-syntax.puml");
+
+        verifyComponentLayers(diagram);
+        assertThat(diagram.getAllComponents()).hasSize(3)
+                .allSatisfy(c -> assertThat(c.getAlias()).isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    private PlantUmlDiagram parseFile(final String fileName) {
+        return parser.parse(PlantUmlParserTest.class.getResource(fileName));
+    }
+
+    private void verifyComponentLayers(PlantUmlDiagram diagram) {
+        assertThat(diagram.getAllComponents()).hasSize(3)
+                .satisfiesExactlyInAnyOrder(
+                        c -> {
+                            assertThat(c.getComponentName()).isEqualTo(new ComponentName("Web API"));
+                            assertThat(c.getDependencies()).hasSize(1);
+                            assertThat(c.getStereotypes()).contains(new Stereotype("..web"));
+                        },
+                        c -> {
+                            assertThat(c.getComponentName()).isEqualTo(new ComponentName("Use Cases"));
+                            assertThat(c.getDependencies()).hasSize(1);
+                            assertThat(c.getStereotypes()).contains(new Stereotype("..usecase"));
+                        },
+                        c -> {
+                            assertThat(c.getComponentName()).isEqualTo(new ComponentName("Persistence"));
+                            assertThat(c.getDependencies()).isEmpty();
+                            assertThat(c.getStereotypes()).contains(new Stereotype("..persistence"));
+                        }
+                );
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void parses_correct_number_of_components() {
         PlantUmlDiagram diagram = createDiagram(TestDiagram.in(temporaryFolder)
diff --git a/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/components-long-syntax.puml b/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/components-long-syntax.puml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10c29b3b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/components-long-syntax.puml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@startuml
+component "Web API" <<..web>> as web
+component "Use Cases" <<..usecase>> as usecase
+component "Persistence" <<..persistence>> as persistence
+
+web --> usecase
+usecase --> persistence
+
+@enduml
diff --git a/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/components-short-syntax.puml b/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/components-short-syntax.puml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6e9356fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/components-short-syntax.puml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@startuml
+[Web API] <<..web>>
+[Use Cases] <<..usecase>>
+[Persistence] <<..persistence>>
+
+[Web API] --> [Use Cases]
+[Use Cases] --> [Persistence]
+@enduml
diff --git a/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/packages-long-syntax.puml b/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/packages-long-syntax.puml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7450bbae82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archunit/src/test/resources/com/tngtech/archunit/library/plantuml/rules/packages-long-syntax.puml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@startuml
+package "Web API" <<..web>> as web
+package "Use Cases" <<..usecase>> as usecase
+package "Persistence" <<..persistence>> as persistence
+
+web --> usecase
+usecase --> persistence
+
+@enduml