diff --git a/source/dub/package_.d b/source/dub/package_.d
index 7de7401..616d4da 100644
--- a/source/dub/package_.d
+++ b/source/dub/package_.d
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	this(Path root, Package parent = null)
+	this(Path root, Package parent = null, string versionOverride = "")
 	{
 		Json info;
 		try {
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
 
 		enforce(info.type != Json.Type.undefined, format("Missing package description for package at %s", root.toNativeString()));
 
-		this(info, root, parent);
+		this(info, root, parent, versionOverride);
 	}
 
-	this(Json packageInfo, Path root = Path(), Package parent = null)
+	this(Json packageInfo, Path root = Path(), Package parent = null, string versionOverride = "")
 	{
 		m_parentPackage = parent;
 		m_path = root;
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
 			scope(failure) logError("Failed to parse package description in %s", root.toNativeString());
 			m_info.parseJson(packageInfo);
 
+			if (!versionOverride.empty)
+				m_info.version_ = versionOverride;
+
 			// try to run git to determine the version of the package if no explicit version was given
 			if (m_info.version_.length == 0 && !parent) {
 				import std.process;
diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index 3b07da5..2f1c42c 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -270,8 +270,7 @@
 		logDiagnostic("%s file(s) copied.", to!string(countFiles));
 
 		// overwrite package.json (this one includes a version field)
-		auto pack = new Package(destination);
-		pack.info.version_ = package_info["version"].get!string;
+		auto pack = new Package(destination, null, package_info["version"].get!string);
 
 		if (pack.packageInfoFile.head != defaultPackageFilename()) {
 			// Storeinfo saved a default file, this could be different to the file from the zip.