diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/version_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/version_spec.rb
index e255fe9ef0..60b98c2179 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/version_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/version_spec.rb
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ describe Version do
     expect(described_class.create("1")).to be == 1
   end
 
+  it "can be compared against tokens" do
+    expect(described_class.create("1")).to be == Version::Token.create("1")
+  end
+
   specify "comparison returns nil for non-version" do
     v = described_class.create("1.0")
     expect(v <=> Object.new).to be nil
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/version.rb b/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
index 909ed38006..1b337377c9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ class Version
     other = Version.new(other.to_s) if other.is_a? Integer
     return 1 if other.nil?
 
+    other = Version.new(other.to_s) if other.is_a? Token
     return 1 if other.respond_to?(:null?) && other.null?
     return unless other.is_a?(Version)
     return 0 if version == other.version