diff --git a/src/Composer/Platform/Version.php b/src/Composer/Platform/Version.php
index 61b3b5669..a55266c86 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Platform/Version.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Platform/Version.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Version
     {
         $isFips = false;
 
-        if (!preg_match('/^(?<version>[0-9.]+)(?<patch>[a-z]{0,2})?(?<suffix>(?:-?(?:dev|pre|alpha|beta|rc|fips)[\d]*)*)?$/', $opensslVersion, $matches)) {
+        if (!preg_match('/^(?<version>[0-9.]+)(?<patch>[a-z]{0,2})?(?<suffix>(?:-?(?:dev|pre|alpha|beta|rc|fips)[\d]*)*)?(?<garbage>-\w+)?$/', $opensslVersion, $matches)) {
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Repository/PlatformRepositoryTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Repository/PlatformRepositoryTest.php
index faec2f8d5..e2ba60806 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Repository/PlatformRepositoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Repository/PlatformRepositoryTest.php
@@ -775,6 +775,13 @@ msgpack support => yes',
                 array(),
                 array(array('OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT', null, 'OpenSSL 1.1.1g  21 Apr 2020')),
             ),
+            'openssl: distro peculiarities' => array(
+                'openssl',
+                null,
+                array('lib-openssl' => '1.1.1.7'),
+                array(),
+                array(array('OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT', null, 'OpenSSL 1.1.1g-freebsd  21 Apr 2020')),
+            ),
             'openssl: two letters suffix' => array(
                 'openssl',
                 null,