diff --git a/source/dub/dependency.d b/source/dub/dependency.d
index 6ff7dbd..0fedb97 100644
--- a/source/dub/dependency.d
+++ b/source/dub/dependency.d
@@ -475,11 +475,11 @@
 
 	/** Tests if the specification matches a specific version.
 	*/
-	bool matches(string vers) const { return matches(Version(vers)); }
+	bool matches(string vers, VersionMatchMode mode = VersionMatchMode.standard) const { return matches(Version(vers), mode); }
 	/// ditto
-	bool matches(const(Version) v) const { return matches(v); }
+	bool matches(const(Version) v, VersionMatchMode mode = VersionMatchMode.standard) const { return matches(v, mode); }
 	/// ditto
-	bool matches(ref const(Version) v) const {
+	bool matches(ref const(Version) v, VersionMatchMode mode = VersionMatchMode.standard) const {
 		if (this.matchesAny) return true;
 		if (this.isSCM) return true;
 		//logDebug(" try match: %s with: %s", v, this);
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@
 			return false;
 		if( !doCmp(m_inclusiveB, v, m_versB) )
 			return false;
+		if (this.isExactVersion && mode == VersionMatchMode.strict
+			&& this.version_.toString != v.toString)
+			return false;
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -713,6 +716,13 @@
 	assert(a.merge(b) == b);
 	assert(b.merge(a) == b);
 
+	assert(Dependency("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo")));
+	assert(Dependency("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.standard));
+	assert(!Dependency("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+	assert(Dependency("1.0.0+foo").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+	assert(Dependency("~>1.0.0+foo").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+	assert(Dependency("~>1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+
 	logDebug("Dependency unittest success.");
 }
 
diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index c0a9533..fdcfa4b 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -316,9 +316,11 @@
 	Package getBestPackage(string name, Dependency version_spec, bool enable_overrides = true)
 	{
 		Package ret;
-		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name))
-			if (version_spec.matches(p.version_) && (!ret || p.version_ > ret.version_))
+		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name)) {
+			auto vmm = isManagedPackage(p) ? VersionMatchMode.strict : VersionMatchMode.standard;
+			if (version_spec.matches(p.version_, vmm) && (!ret || p.version_ > ret.version_))
 				ret = p;
+		}
 
 		if (enable_overrides && ret) {
 			if (auto ovr = getPackage(name, ret.version_))