diff --git a/packages/grpc-reflection/src/implementations/reflection-v1.ts b/packages/grpc-reflection/src/implementations/reflection-v1.ts
index ff3cc9a8a..876634706 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-reflection/src/implementations/reflection-v1.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-reflection/src/implementations/reflection-v1.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class ReflectionV1Implementation {
 
         // if we didn't find anything then try just a FQN lookup
         if (!referencedFile) {
-          referencedFile = this.symbols[ref];
+          referencedFile = this.symbols[ref] ?? this.symbols[`.${ref}`];
         }
       }