diff --git a/src/packager.ts b/src/packager.ts
index 12be14050d9..73db795e82c 100644
--- a/src/packager.ts
+++ b/src/packager.ts
@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ export async function checkWineVersion(checkPromise: Promise<string>) {
     wineVersion = wineVersion.substring(0, spaceIndex)
   }
 
+  const suffixIndex = wineVersion.indexOf("-")
+  if (suffixIndex > 0) {
+    wineVersion = wineVersion.substring(0, suffixIndex)
+  }
+
   if (wineVersion.split(".").length === 2) {
     wineVersion += ".0"
   }
diff --git a/test/src/BuildTest.ts b/test/src/BuildTest.ts
index 77c0d98aed7..ef69abe0c11 100644
--- a/test/src/BuildTest.ts
+++ b/test/src/BuildTest.ts
@@ -213,10 +213,11 @@ test.ifDevOrLinuxCi("smart unpack", () => {
 
 test("wine version", async () => {
   await checkWineVersion(BluebirdPromise.resolve("1.9.23 (Staging)"))
+  await checkWineVersion(BluebirdPromise.resolve("2.0-rc2"))
 })
 
 function currentPlatform(): PackagerOptions {
   return {
     targets: Platform.fromString(process.platform).createTarget(DIR_TARGET),
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}