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 b1a741b05..a7ce0cfbc 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
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 
 class PlantUmlPatterns {
+    private static final String OPTIONAL_COMPONENT_KEYWORD_FORMAT = "(?:component)?";
     private static final String COMPONENT_NAME_GROUP_NAME = "componentName";
     private static final String COMPONENT_NAME_FORMAT = "\\[" + capture(anythingBut("\\[\\]"), COMPONENT_NAME_GROUP_NAME) + "]";
 
@@ -46,7 +47,13 @@ class PlantUmlPatterns {
     private static final String COLOR_FORMAT = "\\s*(?:#" + anyOf("\\w|/\\\\-") + "+)?";
 
     private static final Pattern PLANTUML_COMPONENT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
-            "^\\s*" + COMPONENT_NAME_FORMAT + "\\s*" + STEREOTYPE_FORMAT + "*" + ALIAS_FORMAT + COLOR_FORMAT + "\\s*");
+            "^\\s*" + OPTIONAL_COMPONENT_KEYWORD_FORMAT
+                    + "\\s*" + COMPONENT_NAME_FORMAT
+                    + "\\s*" + STEREOTYPE_FORMAT + "*"
+                    + ALIAS_FORMAT
+                    + COLOR_FORMAT
+                    + "\\s*"
+    );
 
     private static String capture(String pattern) {
         return "(" + pattern + ")";
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 4ddcf9814..873d8dde4 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
@@ -437,6 +437,23 @@ public void ignores_database_components() {
         assertThat(b.getDependencies()).isEmpty();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void supports_components_declared_with_component_keyword() {
+        File file = TestDiagram.in(temporaryFolder)
+                .rawLine("component [CompA] <<..c1..>>")
+                .rawLine("component [Comp B] <<..c2..>> as CompB")
+                .dependencyFrom("CompA").to("CompB")
+                .write();
+
+        PlantUmlDiagram diagram = createDiagram(file);
+
+        PlantUmlComponent a = getComponentWithName("CompA", diagram);
+        PlantUmlComponent b = getComponentWithAlias(new Alias("CompB"), diagram);
+
+        assertThat(a.getDependencies()).containsOnly(b);
+        assertThat(b.getDependencies()).isEmpty();
+    }
+
     private PlantUmlComponent getComponentWithName(String componentName, PlantUmlDiagram diagram) {
         PlantUmlComponent component = diagram.getAllComponents().stream()
                 .filter(c -> c.getComponentName().asString().equals(componentName))