diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/comparison/neq_02/neq_02.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/comparison/neq_02/neq_02.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a6cf27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/comparison/neq_02/neq_02.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+select element x
+from  [1,2,2] as x
+where x <> 2
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index 932a602..54f06e6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -1077,6 +1077,11 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">neq_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="comparison">
+      <compilation-unit name="neq_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">neq_01</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <!--
         <test-case FilePath="comparison">
           <compilation-unit name="numeric-comparison_01">
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
index f9ce037..9cabf84 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@
     }
 
     (
-      LOOKAHEAD(2)( <LT> | <GT> | <LE> | <GE> | <EQ> | <NE> |<SIMILAR> | (<NOT> { not = true; })? (<LIKE>|<IN>))
+      LOOKAHEAD(2)( <LT> | <GT> | <LE> | <GE> | <EQ> | <NE> | <LG> |<SIMILAR> | (<NOT> { not = true; })? (<LIKE>|<IN>))
         {
           String mhint = getHint(token);
           if (mhint != null) {
@@ -1772,7 +1772,10 @@
             }
           }
           String operator = token.image.toLowerCase();
-          if(not){
+          if (operator.equals("<>")){
+              operator = "!=";
+          }
+          if (not) {
             operator = "not_" + operator;
           }
           if (op == null) {
@@ -3130,6 +3133,7 @@
   | <GE : ">=">
   | <EQ : "=">
   | <NE : "!=">
+  | <LG : "<>">
   | <SIMILAR : "~=">
 }