diff --git a/dialects/oracle.go b/dialects/oracle.go
index c48d32b9..466b6a45 100644
--- a/dialects/oracle.go
+++ b/dialects/oracle.go
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ func (p *oci8Driver) Parse(driverName, dataSourceName string) (*URI, error) {
 			db.DBName = match
 		}
 	}
-	if db.DBName == "" {
+	if db.DBName == "" && len(matches) != 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("dbname is empty")
 	}
 	return db, nil
diff --git a/dialects/oracle_test.go b/dialects/oracle_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c3a93f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dialects/oracle_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package dialects
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseOracleConnStr(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		in       string
+		expected string
+		valid    bool
+	}{
+		{"user/pass@tcp(server:1521)/db", "db", true},
+		{"user/pass@server:1521/db", "db", true},
+		// test for net service name : https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B13789_01/network.101/b10775/glossary.htm#i998113
+		{"user/pass@server:1521", "", true},
+		{"user/pass@", "", false},
+		{"user/pass", "", false},
+		{"", "", false},
+	}
+	driver := QueryDriver("oci8")
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.in, func(t *testing.T) {
+			driver := driver
+			uri, err := driver.Parse("oci8", test.in)
+			if err != nil && test.valid {
+				t.Errorf("%q got unexpected error: %s", test.in, err)
+			} else if err == nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, uri.DBName) {
+				t.Errorf("%q got: %#v want: %#v", test.in, uri.DBName, test.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 33e5c456..84f9126e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMT
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 cloud.google.com/go v0.37.4/go.mod h1:NHPJ89PdicEuT9hdPXMROBD91xc5uRDxsMtSB16k7hw=
+gitea.com/xorm/sqlfiddle v0.0.0-20180821085327-62ce714f951a h1:lSA0F4e9A2NcQSqGqTOXqu2aRi/XEQxDCBwM8yJtE6s=
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@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@ github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9
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-github.com/go-xorm/sqlfiddle v0.0.0-20180821085327-62ce714f951a h1:9wScpmSP5A3Bk8V3XHWUcJmYTh+ZnlHVyc+A4oZYS3Y=
-github.com/go-xorm/sqlfiddle v0.0.0-20180821085327-62ce714f951a/go.mod h1:56xuuqnHyryaerycW3BfssRdxQstACi0Epw/yC5E2xM=
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@@ -158,7 +157,5 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
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