diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/bottle_version.rb b/Library/Homebrew/bottle_version.rb
index 2d1bfb04ea..6075f967aa 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/bottle_version.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/bottle_version.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class BottleVersion < Version
     m = /-(\d+_\d+(_\d+)+)/.match(stem)
     return m.captures.first unless m.nil?
 
+    # e.g. 20120731 from fontforge-20120731.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
+    m = /-(\d+)/.match(stem)
+    return m.captures.first unless m.nil?
+
     super
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_bottle_versions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_bottle_versions.rb
index a37f07307f..d7ad5b310f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_bottle_versions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_bottle_versions.rb
@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ class BottleVersionParsingTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_version_detected '00-5.0.5',
       '/usr/local/zpython-00-5.0.5.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz'
   end
+
+  def test_fontforge_style
+    assert_version_detected '20120731',
+      '/usr/local/fontforge-20120731.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz'
+  end
 end