diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 172648e515..074dace720 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ Patches have also been contributed by:
   Daniel Gollub        <gollub@b1-systems.de>
   David S. Wang        <dwang2@cisco.com>
   Ruben Kerkhof        <ruben@rubenkerkhof.com>
+  Scott Moser          <smoser@ubuntu.com>
 
   [....send patches to get your name here....]
 
diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index 463d2b8eaa..da2485998a 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -1598,16 +1598,16 @@ virParseNumber(const char **str)
 int
 virParseVersionString(const char *str, unsigned long *version)
 {
-    unsigned int major, minor, micro;
+    unsigned int major, minor = 0, micro = 0;
     char *tmp;
 
-    if (virStrToLong_ui(str, &tmp, 10, &major) < 0 || *tmp != '.')
+    if (virStrToLong_ui(str, &tmp, 10, &major) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (virStrToLong_ui(tmp + 1, &tmp, 10, &minor) < 0 || *tmp != '.')
+    if ((*tmp == '.') && virStrToLong_ui(tmp + 1, &tmp, 10, &minor) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    if (virStrToLong_ui(tmp + 1, &tmp, 10, &micro) < 0)
+    if ((*tmp == '.') && virStrToLong_ui(tmp + 1, &tmp, 10, &micro) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     *version = 1000000 * major + 1000 * minor + micro;