diff -u a/cygwinccompiler.py b/cygwinccompiler.py
--- a/cygwinccompiler.py	2008-05-30 16:56:20.253000000 -0500
+++ b/cygwinccompiler.py	2008-05-30 16:56:53.116000000 -0500
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
         out = os.popen(ld_exe + ' -v','r')
         out_string = out.read()
         out.close()
-        result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)',out_string)
+        result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)(\.\d+)*',out_string)
         if result:
             ld_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1))
         else:
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
         out = os.popen(dllwrap_exe + ' --version','r')
         out_string = out.read()
         out.close()
-        result = re.search(' (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)',out_string)
+        result = re.search(' (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)(\.\d+)*',out_string)
         if result:
             dllwrap_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1))
         else: