diff --git a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/filesys/packageloader.h b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/filesys/packageloader.h
index 7eec3f0274..10b6986223 100644
--- a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/filesys/packageloader.h
+++ b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/filesys/packageloader.h
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ class DENG2_PUBLIC PackageLoader
 
     typedef QMap<String, Package *> LoadedPackages;
 
+    /**
+     * Utility for dealing with space-separated lists of identifiers.
+     */
+    struct DENG2_PUBLIC IdentifierList : public StringList
+    {
+        IdentifierList(String const &spaceSeparatedIds);
+    };
+
 public:
     PackageLoader();
 
diff --git a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/filesys/packageloader.cpp b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/filesys/packageloader.cpp
index 05359c9126..49461caab9 100644
--- a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/filesys/packageloader.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/filesys/packageloader.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "de/PackageFeed"
 
 #include <QMap>
+#include <QRegExp>
 
 namespace de {
 
@@ -123,6 +124,16 @@ DENG2_PIMPL(PackageLoader)
         Package::validateMetadata(packFile.objectNamespace().subrecord("package"));
     }
 
+    File const *selectPackage(IdentifierList const &idList) const
+    {
+        for(auto const &id : idList)
+        {
+            if(File const *f = selectPackage(id))
+                return f;
+        }
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Given a package identifier, pick one of the available versions of the package
      * based on predefined criteria.
@@ -148,6 +159,17 @@ DENG2_PIMPL(PackageLoader)
             checkPackage(**i);
         }
 
+        // If the identifier includes a version, only accept that specific version.
+        auto idVer = Package::split(packageId);
+        if(idVer.second.isValid())
+        {
+            std::remove_if(found.begin(), found.end(), [&idVer] (File *f) {
+                Version const pkgVer = f->objectNamespace().gets("package.version");
+                return (pkgVer != idVer.second); // Ignore other versions.
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Sorted descending by version.
         found.sort([] (File const *a, File const *b) -> bool
         {
             // The version must be specified using a format understood by Version.
@@ -254,7 +276,7 @@ PackageLoader::PackageLoader() : d(new Instance(this))
 
 bool PackageLoader::isAvailable(String const &packageId) const
 {
-    return d->selectPackage(packageId) != nullptr;
+    return d->selectPackage(IdentifierList(packageId)) != nullptr;
 }
 
 Package const &PackageLoader::load(String const &packageId)
@@ -413,4 +435,13 @@ StringList PackageLoader::findAllPackages() const
     return all;
 }
 
+PackageLoader::IdentifierList::IdentifierList(String const &spaceSeparatedIds)
+{
+    static QRegExp anySpace("\\s");
+    for(auto const &qs : spaceSeparatedIds.split(anySpace, String::SkipEmptyParts))
+    {
+        append(qs);
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace de