diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/pypi.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/pypi.rb
index acc3573a6c..ceee364396 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/pypi.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/pypi.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ module PyPI
     end
 
     sdist = json["urls"].find { |url| url["packagetype"] == "sdist" }
+    return json["info"]["name"] if sdist.nil?
+
     [json["info"]["name"], sdist["url"], sdist["digests"]["sha256"]]
   end