diff --git a/lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py b/lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py
index 89a803a502..c333d7752b 100644
--- a/lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py
+++ b/lib/fpm/package/pyfpm/get_metadata.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def process_dep(self, dep):
 
     def run(self):
         data = {
-            "name": self.distribution.get_name(),
+            "name": pkg_resources.safe_name(self.distribution.get_name()),
             "version": self.distribution.get_version(),
             "author": u("%s <%s>") % (
                 u(self.distribution.get_author()),