diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
index cc1006c0ad..2661ab5a3a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Pathname
     return $1 if $1
 
     # eg foobar-4.5.0-bin
-    /-((\d+\.)+\d+[abc]?)[-._](bin|stable|src|sources?)$/.match stem
+    /-((\d+\.)+\d+[abc]?)[-._](bin|dist|stable|src|sources?)$/.match stem
     return $1 if $1
 
     # Debian style eg dash_0.5.5.1.orig.tar.gz