diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index cbfbd6eb80..e91826e8b2 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ This is a minor release.
     *   [#1217](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1217): \[java] CyclomaticComplexityRule counts ?-operator twice
 *   plsql
     *   [#980](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/980): \[plsql] ParseException for CREATE TABLE
+    *   [#981](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/981): \[plsql] ParseException when parsing VIEW
 
 ### API Changes
 
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt b/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
index 3a28b3c35b..3a3fba733e 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
+++ b/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
@@ -2528,8 +2528,7 @@ ASTView View()  :
   ["(" ViewColumn() ("," ViewColumn())* ")"]
   //### OF ... WITH OBJECT IDENTIFIER...
   <AS>
-  Statement() //SRT select()
-  //### WITH ...
+  SqlStatement(null,";")
   (";" | "/")
   
   { jjtThis.setImage(simpleNode.getImage()) ;  return jjtThis ; }
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ViewTest.java b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ViewTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1038e30a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ViewTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.AbstractPLSQLParserTst;
+
+public class ViewTest extends AbstractPLSQLParserTst {
+
+    @Test
+    public void parseCreateViewIssue981() throws Exception {
+        String code = IOUtils.toString(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("ViewIssue981.pls"));
+        ASTInput input = parsePLSQL(code);
+        Assert.assertNotNull(input);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ViewIssue981.pls b/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ViewIssue981.pls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64d171cf94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ViewIssue981.pls
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--
+-- BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+--
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW "HR_DEV1"."EMP_DETAILS_VIEW" ("EMPLOYEE_ID") AS
+SELECT
+e.employee_id
+FROM
+employees e
+WITH READ ONLY
+;