diff --git a/src/build.py b/src/build.py
index adbb044323..f65c9b0e7d 100755
--- a/src/build.py
+++ b/src/build.py
@@ -220,7 +220,15 @@ def make_package(args):
     if not args.numeric_version:
         for i in args.version.split('.'):
             version_code *= 100
-            version_code += int(i)
+            try:
+                version_code += int(i)
+            except:
+                try:
+                    for j in i.split('-'):
+                        version_code += int(j)
+                        break
+                except:
+                    pass
 
         args.numeric_version = str(version_code)