diff --git a/spec/data-spec.js b/spec/data-spec.js
index 31b9e1ded..526a70ee0 100644
--- a/spec/data-spec.js
+++ b/spec/data-spec.js
@@ -102,13 +102,15 @@ describe('c3 chart data', function () {
                             "112": ["600"],
                             "223": [{"224": "100"}],
                             "334": [[],[{"335": "300"}]],
-                            "556": {"557" : {"558" : ["1000"]}}
+                            "556": {"557" : {"558" : ["1000"]}},
+                            "778.889" : "700"
                         }, {
                             "date": "2014-06-04",
                             "443": "1000",
                             "112": ["700"],
                             "223": [{"224": "200"}],
-                            "556": {"557" : {"558" : ["2000"]}}
+                            "556": {"557" : {"558" : ["2000"]}},
+                            "778.889" : "300"
                         }, {
                             "date": "2014-06-05",
                             "995": {"996": "1000"},
@@ -116,11 +118,12 @@ describe('c3 chart data', function () {
                             "223": [{"224": "300"}],
                             "443": "5000",
                             "334": [[],[{"335": "500"}]],
-                            "556": {"557" : {"558" : ["3000"]}}
+                            "556": {"557" : {"558" : ["3000"]}},
+                            "778.889" : "800"
                         }],
                         keys: {
                             x: 'date',
-                            value: [ "443","995.996","112[0]","223[0].224","334[1][0].335","556.557.558[0]"]
+                            value: [ "443","995.996","112[0]","223[0].224","334[1][0].335","556.557.558[0]","778.889"]
                         }
                     },
                     axis: {
@@ -139,7 +142,8 @@ describe('c3 chart data', function () {
                         112: [354, 347, 340],
                         223: [391, 383, 376],
                         334: [376, 398, 362],
-                        556: [326, 253, 181]
+                        556: [326, 253, 181],
+                        "778.889": [347, 376, 340]
                     };
 
                 d3.selectAll('.c3-circles-443 .c3-circle').each(function (d, i) {
@@ -177,6 +181,12 @@ describe('c3 chart data', function () {
                     expect(+circle.attr('cx')).toBeCloseTo(expectedCx[i], 0);
                     expect(+circle.attr('cy')).toBeCloseTo(expectedCy[556][i], 0);
                 });
+
+                d3.selectAll('.c3-circles-778-889 .c3-circle').each(function (d, i) {
+                    var circle = d3.select(this);
+                    expect(+circle.attr('cx')).toBeCloseTo(expectedCx[i], 0);
+                    expect(+circle.attr('cy')).toBeCloseTo(expectedCy["778.889"][i], 0);
+                });
             });
         });
     });
diff --git a/src/data.convert.js b/src/data.convert.js
index fcf170d4e..e20cf3996 100644
--- a/src/data.convert.js
+++ b/src/data.convert.js
@@ -63,7 +63,20 @@ ChartInternal.prototype.convertJsonToData = function (json, keys) {
     }
     return data;
 };
+/**
+ * Finds value from the given nested object by the given path.
+ * If it's not found, then this returns undefined.
+ * @param {Object} object the object
+ * @param {string} path the path
+ */
 ChartInternal.prototype.findValueInJson = function (object, path) {
+    if (path in object) {
+        // If object has a key that contains . or [], return the key's value
+        // instead of searching for an inner object.
+        // See https://github.com/c3js/c3/issues/1691 for details.
+        return object[path];
+    }
+
     path = path.replace(/\[(\w+)\]/g, '.$1'); // convert indexes to properties (replace [] with .)
     path = path.replace(/^\./, '');           // strip a leading dot
     var pathArray = path.split('.');