diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Package.php b/src/Composer/Package/Package.php
index 9223fba93..300c5ef03 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Package.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Package.php
@@ -623,11 +623,16 @@ class Package extends BasePackage
         if (!$url) {
             return array();
         }
+
+        if ($urlType === 'dist' && false !== strpos($url, '%')) {
+            $url = ComposerMirror::processUrl($url, $this->name, $this->version, $ref, $type, $this->prettyVersion);
+        }
+
         $urls = array($url);
         if ($mirrors) {
             foreach ($mirrors as $mirror) {
                 if ($urlType === 'dist') {
-                    $mirrorUrl = ComposerMirror::processUrl($mirror['url'], $this->name, $this->version, $ref, $type);
+                    $mirrorUrl = ComposerMirror::processUrl($mirror['url'], $this->name, $this->version, $ref, $type, $this->prettyVersion);
                 } elseif ($urlType === 'source' && $type === 'git') {
                     $mirrorUrl = ComposerMirror::processGitUrl($mirror['url'], $this->name, $url, $type);
                 } elseif ($urlType === 'source' && $type === 'hg') {
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/ComposerMirror.php b/src/Composer/Util/ComposerMirror.php
index 036444d20..c73a2702c 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/ComposerMirror.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/ComposerMirror.php
@@ -19,18 +19,21 @@ namespace Composer\Util;
  */
 class ComposerMirror
 {
-    public static function processUrl($mirrorUrl, $packageName, $version, $reference, $type)
+    public static function processUrl($mirrorUrl, $packageName, $version, $reference, $type, $prettyVersion = null)
     {
         if ($reference) {
             $reference = preg_match('{^([a-f0-9]*|%reference%)$}', $reference) ? $reference : md5($reference);
         }
         $version = strpos($version, '/') === false ? $version : md5($version);
 
-        return str_replace(
-            array('%package%', '%version%', '%reference%', '%type%'),
-            array($packageName, $version, $reference, $type),
-            $mirrorUrl
-        );
+        $from = array('%package%', '%version%', '%reference%', '%type%');
+        $to = array($packageName, $version, $reference, $type);
+        if (null !== $prettyVersion) {
+            $from[] = '%prettyVersion%';
+            $to[] = $prettyVersion;
+        }
+
+        return str_replace($from, $to, $mirrorUrl);
     }
 
     public static function processGitUrl($mirrorUrl, $packageName, $url, $type)