diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/protoparser/ResourceReferenceParser.java b/src/main/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/protoparser/ResourceReferenceParser.java
index 9a529af5c7..a32b61e318 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/protoparser/ResourceReferenceParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/protoparser/ResourceReferenceParser.java
@@ -187,17 +187,20 @@ static Optional<String> parseParentPattern(String pattern) {
       return Optional.empty();
     }
 
+    int lastTokenIndex = tokens.length - 2;
+    int minLengthWithParent = 4;
+    // Singleton patterns, e.g. projects/{project}/agent.
+    if (!lastToken.contains("{")) {
+      minLengthWithParent = 3;
+      lastTokenIndex = tokens.length - 1;
+    }
+
     // No fully-formed parent. Expected: ancestors/{ancestor}/childNodes/{child_node}.
-    if (tokens.length < 4) {
+    if (tokens.length < minLengthWithParent) {
       return Optional.empty();
     }
 
-    Preconditions.checkState(
-        lastToken.contains("{"),
-        String.format(
-            "Pattern %s must end with a brace-encapsulated variable, e.g. {foobar}", pattern));
-
-    return Optional.of(String.join(SLASH, Arrays.asList(tokens).subList(0, tokens.length - 2)));
+    return Optional.of(String.join(SLASH, Arrays.asList(tokens).subList(0, lastTokenIndex)));
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/composer/ResourceNameHelperClassComposerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/composer/ResourceNameHelperClassComposerTest.java
index 5532738d73..acb47db274 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/composer/ResourceNameHelperClassComposerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/composer/ResourceNameHelperClassComposerTest.java
@@ -216,4 +216,26 @@ public void generateResourceNameClass_testingBlueprintPatternWithNonSlashSeparat
     Path goldenFilePath = Paths.get(ComposerConstants.GOLDENFILES_DIRECTORY, "TestName.golden");
     Assert.assertCodeEquals(goldenFilePath, visitor.write());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void generateResourceNameClass_childSingleton() {
+    ResourceName agentResname =
+        ResourceName.builder()
+            .setVariableName("agent")
+            .setPakkage("com.google.cloud.dialogflow.v2beta1")
+            .setResourceTypeString("dialogflow.googleapis.com/Agent")
+            .setPatterns(
+                Arrays.asList(
+                    "projects/{project}/locations/{location}/agent", "projects/{project}/agent"))
+            .setParentMessageName("Agent")
+            .setDescription("This is a description")
+            .build();
+
+    GapicClass clazz = ResourceNameHelperClassComposer.instance().generate(agentResname);
+    JavaWriterVisitor visitor = new JavaWriterVisitor();
+    clazz.classDefinition().accept(visitor);
+    Utils.saveCodegenToFile(this.getClass(), "AgentName.golden", visitor.write());
+    Path goldenFilePath = Paths.get(ComposerConstants.GOLDENFILES_DIRECTORY, "AgentName.golden");
+    Assert.assertCodeEquals(goldenFilePath, visitor.write());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/composer/goldens/AgentName.golden b/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/composer/goldens/AgentName.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c722cdd4f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/composer/goldens/AgentName.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+package com.google.cloud.dialogflow.v2beta1;
+
+import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
+import com.google.api.pathtemplate.PathTemplate;
+import com.google.api.pathtemplate.ValidationException;
+import com.google.api.resourcenames.ResourceName;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import javax.annotation.Generated;
+
+// AUTO-GENERATED DOCUMENTATION AND CLASS.
+@Generated("by gapic-generator-java")
+public class AgentName implements ResourceName {
+  private static final PathTemplate PROJECT_LOCATION =
+      PathTemplate.createWithoutUrlEncoding("projects/{project}/locations/{location}/agent");
+  private static final PathTemplate PROJECT =
+      PathTemplate.createWithoutUrlEncoding("projects/{project}/agent");
+  private volatile Map<String, String> fieldValuesMap;
+  private PathTemplate pathTemplate;
+  private String fixedValue;
+  private final String project;
+  private final String location;
+
+  @Deprecated
+  protected AgentName() {
+    project = null;
+    location = null;
+  }
+
+  private AgentName(Builder builder) {
+    project = Preconditions.checkNotNull(builder.getProject());
+    location = Preconditions.checkNotNull(builder.getLocation());
+    pathTemplate = PROJECT_LOCATION;
+  }
+
+  private AgentName(ProjectBuilder builder) {
+    project = Preconditions.checkNotNull(builder.getProject());
+    location = null;
+    pathTemplate = PROJECT;
+  }
+
+  public String getProject() {
+    return project;
+  }
+
+  public String getLocation() {
+    return location;
+  }
+
+  public static Builder newBuilder() {
+    return new Builder();
+  }
+
+  @BetaApi("The per-pattern Builders are not stable yet and may be changed in the future.")
+  public static Builder newProjectLocationBuilder() {
+    return new Builder();
+  }
+
+  @BetaApi("The per-pattern Builders are not stable yet and may be changed in the future.")
+  public static ProjectBuilder newProjectBuilder() {
+    return new ProjectBuilder();
+  }
+
+  public Builder toBuilder() {
+    return new Builder(this);
+  }
+
+  public static AgentName of(String project, String location) {
+    return newBuilder().setProject(project).setLocation(location).build();
+  }
+
+  @BetaApi("The static create methods are not stable yet and may be changed in the future.")
+  public static AgentName ofProjectLocationName(String project, String location) {
+    return newBuilder().setProject(project).setLocation(location).build();
+  }
+
+  @BetaApi("The static create methods are not stable yet and may be changed in the future.")
+  public static AgentName ofProjectName(String project) {
+    return newProjectBuilder().setProject(project).build();
+  }
+
+  public static String format(String project, String location) {
+    return newBuilder().setProject(project).setLocation(location).build().toString();
+  }
+
+  @BetaApi("The static format methods are not stable yet and may be changed in the future.")
+  public static String formatProjectLocationName(String project, String location) {
+    return newBuilder().setProject(project).setLocation(location).build().toString();
+  }
+
+  @BetaApi("The static format methods are not stable yet and may be changed in the future.")
+  public static String formatProjectName(String project) {
+    return newProjectBuilder().setProject(project).build().toString();
+  }
+
+  public static AgentName parse(String formattedString) {
+    if (formattedString.isEmpty()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (PROJECT_LOCATION.matches(formattedString)) {
+      Map<String, String> matchMap = PROJECT_LOCATION.match(formattedString);
+      return ofProjectLocationName(matchMap.get("project"), matchMap.get("location"));
+    } else if (PROJECT.matches(formattedString)) {
+      Map<String, String> matchMap = PROJECT.match(formattedString);
+      return ofProjectName(matchMap.get("project"));
+    }
+    throw new ValidationException("AgentName.parse: formattedString not in valid format");
+  }
+
+  public static List<AgentName> parseList(List<String> formattedStrings) {
+    List<AgentName> list = new ArrayList<>(formattedStrings.size());
+    for (String formattedString : formattedStrings) {
+      list.add(parse(formattedString));
+    }
+    return list;
+  }
+
+  public static List<String> toStringList(List<AgentName> values) {
+    List<String> list = new ArrayList<>(values.size());
+    for (AgentName value : values) {
+      if (Objects.isNull(value)) {
+        list.add("");
+      } else {
+        list.add(value.toString());
+      }
+    }
+    return list;
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isParsableFrom(String formattedString) {
+    return PROJECT_LOCATION.matches(formattedString) || PROJECT.matches(formattedString);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Map<String, String> getFieldValuesMap() {
+    if (Objects.isNull(fieldValuesMap)) {
+      synchronized (this) {
+        if (Objects.isNull(fieldValuesMap)) {
+          ImmutableMap.Builder<String, String> fieldMapBuilder = ImmutableMap.builder();
+          if (!Objects.isNull(project)) {
+            fieldMapBuilder.put("project", project);
+          }
+          if (!Objects.isNull(location)) {
+            fieldMapBuilder.put("location", location);
+          }
+          fieldValuesMap = fieldMapBuilder.build();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return fieldValuesMap;
+  }
+
+  public String getFieldValue(String fieldName) {
+    return getFieldValuesMap().get(fieldName);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return !Objects.isNull(fixedValue) ? fixedValue : pathTemplate.instantiate(getFieldValuesMap());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object o) {
+    if (o == this) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (o != null || getClass() == o.getClass()) {
+      AgentName that = ((AgentName) o);
+      return Objects.equals(this.project, that.project)
+          && Objects.equals(this.location, that.location);
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+    int h = 1;
+    h *= 1000003;
+    h ^= Objects.hashCode(fixedValue);
+    h *= 1000003;
+    h ^= Objects.hashCode(project);
+    h *= 1000003;
+    h ^= Objects.hashCode(location);
+    return h;
+  }
+
+  /** Builder for projects/{project}/locations/{location}/agent. */
+  public static class Builder {
+    private String project;
+    private String location;
+
+    protected Builder() {}
+
+    public String getProject() {
+      return project;
+    }
+
+    public String getLocation() {
+      return location;
+    }
+
+    public Builder setProject(String project) {
+      this.project = project;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public Builder setLocation(String location) {
+      this.location = location;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    private Builder(AgentName agentName) {
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(
+          Objects.equals(agentName.pathTemplate, PROJECT_LOCATION),
+          "toBuilder is only supported when AgentName has the pattern of projects/{project}/locations/{location}/agent");
+      project = agentName.project;
+      location = agentName.location;
+    }
+
+    public AgentName build() {
+      return new AgentName(this);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Builder for projects/{project}/agent. */
+  @BetaApi("The per-pattern Builders are not stable yet and may be changed in the future.")
+  public static class ProjectBuilder {
+    private String project;
+
+    protected ProjectBuilder() {}
+
+    public String getProject() {
+      return project;
+    }
+
+    public ProjectBuilder setProject(String project) {
+      this.project = project;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public AgentName build() {
+      return new AgentName(this);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/protoparser/ResourceReferenceParserTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/protoparser/ResourceReferenceParserTest.java
index c2cae61f88..346431d2c5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/protoparser/ResourceReferenceParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/api/generator/gapic/protoparser/ResourceReferenceParserTest.java
@@ -113,11 +113,12 @@ public void parseParentResourceName_badPattern() {
         ResourceReferenceParser.parseParentResourceName(
             "projects/{project}/billingAccounts",
             MAIN_PACKAGE,
-            null,
-            MAIN_PACKAGE,
+            "com.google.cloud.billing.v1",
             "cloudbilling.googleapis.com/Feature",
+            null,
             new HashMap<String, ResourceName>());
-    assertFalse(parentResourceNameOpt.isPresent());
+    assertTrue(parentResourceNameOpt.isPresent());
+    assertEquals("projects/{project}", parentResourceNameOpt.get().patterns().get(0));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -159,7 +160,8 @@ public void parseParentPattern_insufficientPathComponents() {
   public void parseParentPattern_lastComponentIsNotAVariable() {
     Optional<String> parentPatternOpt =
         ResourceReferenceParser.parseParentPattern("projects/{project}/foobars");
-    assertFalse(parentPatternOpt.isPresent());
+    assertTrue(parentPatternOpt.isPresent());
+    assertEquals("projects/{project}", parentPatternOpt.get());
   }
 
   @Test