diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Dumper/ArrayDumper.php b/src/Composer/Package/Dumper/ArrayDumper.php
index 480864b68..c944813a3 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Dumper/ArrayDumper.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Dumper/ArrayDumper.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class ArrayDumper
         $data = array();
         $data['name'] = $package->getPrettyName();
         $data['version'] = $package->getPrettyVersion();
+        $data['version_normalized'] = $package->getVersion();
         if ($package->getTargetDir()) {
             $data['target-dir'] = $package->getTargetDir();
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ArrayLoader.php b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ArrayLoader.php
index f63ecfc3c..b4312c015 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ArrayLoader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ArrayLoader.php
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ class ArrayLoader
     public function load($config)
     {
         $prettyVersion = isset($config['version']) ? $config['version'] : '0.0.0';
-        $version = $this->versionParser->normalize($prettyVersion);
+        // handle already normalized versions
+        if (isset($config['version_normalized'])) {
+            $version = $config['version_normalized'];
+        } else {
+            $version = $this->versionParser->normalize($prettyVersion);
+        }
         $package = new Package\MemoryPackage(isset($config['name']) ? $config['name'] : '__app__', $version, $prettyVersion);
 
         $package->setType(isset($config['type']) ? $config['type'] : 'library');
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
index 5e13ac151..481701d86 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class VcsRepository extends ArrayRepository
                 }
 
                 if ($debug) {
-                    echo 'Importing tag '.$tag.PHP_EOL;
+                    echo 'Importing tag '.$tag.' ('.$data['version_normalized'].')'.PHP_EOL;
                 }
 
                 $this->addPackage($loader->load($this->preProcess($driver, $data, $identifier)));
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class VcsRepository extends ArrayRepository
                 }
 
                 if ($debug) {
-                    echo 'Importing branch '.$branch.PHP_EOL;
+                    echo 'Importing branch '.$branch.' ('.$data['version_normalized'].')'.PHP_EOL;
                 }
 
                 $this->addPackage($loader->load($this->preProcess($driver, $data, $identifier)));