diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
index e8826687a..d68a1e38c 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class InitCommand extends Command
 
     public function parseAuthorString($author)
     {
-        if (preg_match('/^(?P<name>[- \.,\p{L}\'’]+) <(?P<email>.+?)>$/u', $author, $match)) {
+        if (preg_match('/^(?P<name>[- \.,\p{L}\p{N}\'’]+) <(?P<email>.+?)>$/u', $author, $match)) {
             if ($this->isValidEmail($match['email'])) {
                 return array(
                     'name'  => trim($match['name']),