diff --git a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/cucadiagram/BodierMap.java b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/cucadiagram/BodierMap.java
index 58f42138e..236e6f701 100644
--- a/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/cucadiagram/BodierMap.java
+++ b/src/net/sourceforge/plantuml/cucadiagram/BodierMap.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class BodierMap implements Bodier {
 	}
 
 	public static String getLinkedEntry(String s) {
-		final Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\\*[-_]+\\>)");
+		final Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\\*-+_?\\>)");
 		final Matcher m = p.matcher(s);
 		if (m.find()) {
 			return m.group(1);