diff --git a/packages/langium/src/utils/grammar-util.ts b/packages/langium/src/utils/grammar-util.ts
index ef018bfc0..d46815442 100644
--- a/packages/langium/src/utils/grammar-util.ts
+++ b/packages/langium/src/utils/grammar-util.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /******************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2021-2022 TypeFox GmbH
+ * Copyright 2021-2023 TypeFox GmbH
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the MIT License, which is available in the project root.
  ******************************************************************************/
@@ -69,12 +69,28 @@ export function getAllReachableRules(grammar: ast.Grammar, allTerminals: boolean
 
 function ruleDfs(rule: ast.AbstractRule, visitedSet: Set<string>, allTerminals: boolean): void {
     visitedSet.add(rule.name);
+    console.log("xxxx", visitedSet)
     streamAllContents(rule).forEach(node => {
         if (ast.isRuleCall(node) || (allTerminals && ast.isTerminalRuleCall(node))) {
             const refRule = node.rule.ref;
             if (refRule && !visitedSet.has(refRule.name)) {
                 ruleDfs(refRule, visitedSet, allTerminals);
             }
+        } else if (ast.isCrossReference(node)) {
+            // TODO why does this not work
+            const term = getCrossReferenceTerminal(node)
+            console.log(term)
+            if (term !== undefined) {
+                console.log(term)
+                if (ast.isRuleCall(term) || (allTerminals && ast.isTerminalRuleCall(term))) {
+                    const refRule = term.rule.ref;
+                    console.log(refRule?.name)
+                    if (refRule && !visitedSet.has(refRule.name)) {
+                        console.log("recurse")
+                        ruleDfs(refRule, visitedSet, allTerminals);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/packages/langium/test/utils/grammar-util.test.ts b/packages/langium/test/utils/grammar-util.test.ts
index 5a4b7b46c..9d45428b4 100644
--- a/packages/langium/test/utils/grammar-util.test.ts
+++ b/packages/langium/test/utils/grammar-util.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /******************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2022 TypeFox GmbH
+ * Copyright 2022-2023 TypeFox GmbH
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the MIT License, which is available in the project root.
  ******************************************************************************/
@@ -8,32 +8,74 @@ import type { Grammar } from '../../src';
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 import { createLangiumGrammarServices, EmptyFileSystem, getAllReachableRules } from '../../src';
 import { parseHelper } from '../../src/test';
+import { Utils } from 'vscode-uri';
 
 const services = createLangiumGrammarServices(EmptyFileSystem);
 const parse = parseHelper<Grammar>(services.grammar);
 
 describe('Grammar Utils', () => {
 
-    test('Terminal fragment rule should be reachable when only used by hidden terminal rule', async () => {
-        // the actual bug was that the 'Ws' rule marked as unused - so a 'Error: Missing rule reference!' was thrown
-        // arrange
-        const input = `
-            grammar HelloWorld
+    // test('Terminal fragment rule should be reachable when only used by hidden terminal rule', async () => {
+    //     // the actual bug was that the 'Ws' rule marked as unused - so a 'Error: Missing rule reference!' was thrown
+    //     // arrange
+    //     const input = `
+    //         grammar HelloWorld
 
-            entry Model: Hello;
+    //         entry Model: Hello;
 
-            Hello: greeting='Hello!';
+    //         Hello: greeting='Hello!';
 
-            hidden terminal COMMON__WS: Ws+;
-            terminal fragment Ws: /[ \t\r\n\f]/;
-        `;
-        const output = await parse(input);
+    //         hidden terminal COMMON__WS: Ws+;
+    //         terminal fragment Ws: /[ \t\r\n\f]/;
+    //     `;
+    //     const output = await parse(input);
 
+    //     // act
+    //     const reachableRules = [...getAllReachableRules(output.parseResult.value, true)].map(r => r.name);
+
+    //     // assert
+    //     expect(reachableRules).toContain('Ws');
+    // });
+
+    test('ID implicit called should be returned by getAllReachableRules', async () => {
+        // [A] is short for [A:ID] thus the ID rule is needed by the parser and getAllReachableRules should return ID
+        const grammar1 = await parse(`
+        grammar G1
+        return A:
+            'A' name=ID;
+        terminal ID: /[_a-zA-Z][\\w_]*/;
+        `);
+        const grammar2 = await parse(`
+        grammar G2
+        import './${Utils.basename(grammar1.uri)}'
+        entry B: ref=[A];
+        `);
+        await services.shared.workspace.DocumentBuilder.build([grammar2, grammar1]);
         // act
-        const reachableRules = [...getAllReachableRules(output.parseResult.value, true)].map(r => r.name);
+        const reachableRules = [...getAllReachableRules(grammar2.parseResult.value, true)].map(r => r.name);
 
         // assert
-        expect(reachableRules).toContain('Ws');
+        expect(reachableRules).toContain('ID');
     });
 
+    // test('ID not implicit called should not be returned by getAllReachableRules', async () => {
+    //     // no implicit ID rule call in cross ref
+    //     const input = `
+    //         grammar HelloWorld
+
+    //         entry Model: A|B;
+    //         A: name=STRING;
+    //         B: ref=[A:STRING];
+    //         terminal ID: /[_a-zA-Z][\w_]*/;
+    //         terminal STRING: /"(\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(\\.|[^'\\])*'/;
+    //     `;
+    //     const output = await parse(input);
+
+    //     // act
+    //     const reachableRules = [...getAllReachableRules(output.parseResult.value, true)].map(r => r.name);
+
+    //     // assert
+    //     expect(reachableRules).not.toContain('ID');
+    // });
+
 });