diff --git a/src/main/antlr4/imports/mysql_alter_table.g4 b/src/main/antlr4/imports/mysql_alter_table.g4
index 980aa3bf7..cc86a54c3 100644
--- a/src/main/antlr4/imports/mysql_alter_table.g4
+++ b/src/main/antlr4/imports/mysql_alter_table.g4
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ignored_alter_specifications:
     ADD index_definition
     | ALTER INDEX name (VISIBLE | INVISIBLE)
     | ALTER COLUMN? name ((SET DEFAULT literal) | (DROP DEFAULT) | (SET (VISIBLE | INVISIBLE)))
-    | DROP INDEX index_name
+    | DROP INDEX if_exists? index_name
     | DISABLE KEYS
     | ENABLE KEYS
     | ORDER BY alter_ordering (',' alter_ordering)*
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/DDLParserTest.java b/src/test/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/DDLParserTest.java
index c3588b147..df9a7efe9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/DDLParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/DDLParserTest.java
@@ -269,7 +269,11 @@ public void testParsingSomeAlters() {
 			"CREATE TABLE employees (data JSON, INDEX idx ((CAST(data->>'$.name' AS CHAR(30)) COLLATE utf8mb4_bin)))",
 			"ALTER TABLE tasks DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS snoozed_until",
 			"ALTER TABLE outgoing_notifications_log ADD INDEX idx_campaign_updated (campaign, last_updated_at) ALGORITHM=NOCOPY,LOCK=NONE",
-			"alter table test.c ALGORITHM=COPY, STATS_SAMPLE_PAGES=DEFAULT"
+			"alter table test.c ALGORITHM=COPY, STATS_SAMPLE_PAGES=DEFAULT",
+			"ALTER TABLE vehicles " +
+				"DROP INDEX IF EXISTS uq_vehicles_oem_id_oem_vin," +
+				"ALGORITHM=NOCOPY, LOCK=NONE"
+
 		};
 
 		for ( String s : testSQL ) {