diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index e2c9d48b56..c00870661d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ class ParserImpl implements Parser {
         if (joinType == null)
             return null;
 
-        Table<?> right = parseTable(ctx);
+        Table<?> right = joinType.qualified() ? parseTable(ctx) : parseTableFactor(ctx);
         TableOptionalOnStep<?> result1 = left.join(right, joinType);
         Table<?> result2 = result1;