diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dabdb4bf..715c1095 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.42 (???):
 
+ * Fixed issue #68 "xbps_binpkg_arch() asserts if arch contains a dash"
+   https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/issues/68
+
  * xbps-query(8): added --cat=FILE mode to print FILE stored in a binary package
    to stdout. This works exactly as the --files mode: if the matching binary package
    is not available in the cachedir, xbps will establish a network connection
diff --git a/lib/util.c b/lib/util.c
index 60803557..ad11524c 100644
--- a/lib/util.c
+++ b/lib/util.c
@@ -107,9 +107,8 @@ char *
 xbps_binpkg_pkgver(const char *pkg)
 {
 	const char *fname;
-	char *p, *res;
-	unsigned int i, idx = 0;
-	bool valid = false;
+	char *p, *p1;
+	unsigned int len;
 
 	/* skip path if found, only interested in filename */
 	if ((fname = strrchr(pkg, '/')))
@@ -117,60 +116,30 @@ xbps_binpkg_pkgver(const char *pkg)
 	else
 		fname = pkg;
 
-	/* get the version component first */
-	if ((p = strrchr(fname, '-')) == NULL)
-		return NULL;
+	/* 5 == .xbps */
+	len = strlen(fname) - 5;
+	p = malloc(len+1);
+	assert(p);
+	(void)memcpy(p, fname, len);
+	p[len] = '\0';
+	p1 = strrchr(p, '.');
+	assert(p1);
+	p[strlen(p)-strlen(p1)] = '\0';
 
-	for (i = 0; i < strlen(p); i++) {
-		if (p[i] == '_')
-			break;
-		if (isdigit((unsigned char)p[i]) && strchr(p, '_')) {
-			valid = true;
-			break;
-		}
+	/* sanity check it's a proper pkgver string */
+	if (xbps_pkg_version(p) == NULL) {
+		free(p);
+		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (!valid)
-		return NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * find the index until the architecture component:
-	 * this assumes that revision contains 1 or 2 digits!
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < strlen(fname); i++) {
-		/* revision with 1 digit: _[digit]. */
-		if (fname[i] == '_' &&
-		    isdigit((unsigned char)fname[i+1]) &&
-		    fname[i+2] == '.') {
-			idx = i+2;
-			break;
-		}
-		/* revision with 2 digits: _[digit][digit]. */
-		if (fname[i] == '_' &&
-		    isdigit((unsigned char)fname[i+1]) &&
-		    isdigit((unsigned char)fname[i+2]) &&
-		    fname[i+3] == '.') {
-			idx = i+3;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!idx)
-		return NULL;
-
-	res = strdup(fname);
-	assert(res);
-	res[idx] = '\0';
-
-	return res;
+	return p;
 }
 
 char *
 xbps_binpkg_arch(const char *pkg)
 {
-	const char *p, *fname;
-	char *pkgver, *res;
-
-	if ((pkgver = xbps_binpkg_pkgver(pkg)) == NULL)
-		return NULL;
+	const char *fname;
+	char *p;
+	unsigned int len;
 
 	/* skip path if found, only interested in filename */
 	if ((fname = strrchr(pkg, '/')))
@@ -178,17 +147,14 @@ xbps_binpkg_arch(const char *pkg)
 	else
 		fname = pkg;
 
-	p = fname + strlen(pkgver);
+	/* 5 == .xbps */
+	len = strlen(fname) - 5;
+	p = malloc(len+1);
 	assert(p);
-	if (*p == '.')
-		p++;
+	(void)memcpy(p, fname, len);
+	p[len] = '\0';
 
-	res = strdup(p);
-	assert(res);
-	free(pkgver);
-	res[strlen(res)-5] = '\0';
-
-	return res;
+	return strrchr(p, '.') + 1;
 }
 
 const char *
diff --git a/tests/xbps/libxbps/util/main.c b/tests/xbps/libxbps/util/main.c
index 2bbf00ab..9ae88f1c 100644
--- a/tests/xbps/libxbps/util/main.c
+++ b/tests/xbps/libxbps/util/main.c
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ ATF_TC_BODY(util_test, tc)
 	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_pkgpattern_name("systemd>4[3-9]?"), "systemd");
 	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_pkgpattern_name("systemd<4_1?"), "systemd");
 	ATF_CHECK_EQ(xbps_pkgpattern_name("*nslookup"), NULL);
+	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_binpkg_arch("/path/to/foo-1.0_1.x86_64.xbps"), "x86_64");
+	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_binpkg_arch("/path/to/foo-1.0_1.x86_64-musl.xbps"), "x86_64-musl");
+	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_binpkg_arch("foo-1.0_1.x86_64-musl.xbps"), "x86_64-musl");
+	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_binpkg_arch("foo-1.0_1.x86_64.xbps"), "x86_64");
+	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_binpkg_pkgver("foo-1.0_1.x86_64.xbps"), "foo-1.0_1");
+	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_binpkg_pkgver("foo-1.0_1.x86_64-musl.xbps"), "foo-1.0_1");
+	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_binpkg_pkgver("/path/to/foo-1.0_1.x86_64.xbps"), "foo-1.0_1");
+	ATF_REQUIRE_STREQ(xbps_binpkg_pkgver("/path/to/foo-1.0_1.x86_64-musl.xbps"), "foo-1.0_1");
+	ATF_CHECK_EQ(xbps_binpkg_pkgver("foo-1.0.x86_64.xbps"), NULL);
+	ATF_CHECK_EQ(xbps_binpkg_pkgver("foo-1.0.x86_64"), NULL);
 }
 
 ATF_TP_ADD_TCS(tp)