diff --git a/environment.py b/environment.py
index c813f0ca2..2eb913c8d 100644
--- a/environment.py
+++ b/environment.py
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ class Environment():
     private_dir = 'meson-private'
     log_dir = 'meson-logs'
     coredata_file = os.path.join(private_dir, 'coredata.dat')
-    version_regex = '\d+(\.\d+)+'
+    version_regex = '\d+(\.\d+)+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?'
     def __init__(self, source_dir, build_dir, main_script_file, options):
         assert(os.path.isabs(main_script_file))
         assert(not os.path.islink(main_script_file))