diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index f27584cad8..59e7f048c4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Mon Mar 27 08:00:34 1995  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+	* lib/gdb.exp (default_gdb_version): A version number must start
+	with a digit, but other than that contains all characters up to
+	the first whitespace character.
+
 Sun Mar 26 13:19:32 1995  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
 	* gdb.base/commands.exp (breakpoint_command_test): New tests.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index e91db0eeaa..cec1f2765c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ proc default_gdb_version {} {
     global GDBFLAGS
     if {[which $GDB] != 0} then {
 	set tmp [exec echo "q" | $GDB -nw $GDBFLAGS]
-	regexp " \[0-9.\]+" $tmp version
+	regexp " \[0-9\]\[^ \t\n\]+" $tmp version
 	clone_output "[which $GDB] version$version -nw $GDBFLAGS \n"
     } else {
 	warning "$GDB does not exist"