diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionParser.php b/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionParser.php
index e2b70b959..e956af145 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionParser.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionParser.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class VersionParser extends SemverVersionParser
 
         for ($i = 0, $count = count($pairs); $i < $count; $i++) {
             $pair = preg_replace('{^([^=: ]+)[=: ](.*)$}', '$1 $2', trim($pairs[$i]));
-            if (false === strpos($pair, ' ') && isset($pairs[$i + 1]) && false === strpos($pairs[$i + 1], '/') && !PlatformRepository::isPlatformPackage($pairs[$i + 1])) {
+            if (false === strpos($pair, ' ') && isset($pairs[$i + 1]) && false === strpos($pairs[$i + 1], '/') && !preg_match('{(?<!\.)\*}', $pairs[$i + 1]) && !PlatformRepository::isPlatformPackage($pairs[$i + 1])) {
                 $pair .= ' '.$pairs[$i + 1];
                 $i++;
             }