diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 7f31239b2..74837d420 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ probably keep in sync with your build-system requirements.
 minimum-version = "0.2"
 ```
 
+:::{warning}
+
+The following behaviors are affected by `minimum-version`:
+
+- `minimum-version` 0.5+ (or unset) provides the original name in metadata and
+  properly normalized SDist names.
+- `minimum-version` 0.5+ (or unset) strips binaries by default.
+
+:::
+
 ## CMake and Ninja minimum versions
 
 You can select a different minimum version for CMake and Ninja.
diff --git a/src/scikit_build_core/build/sdist.py b/src/scikit_build_core/build/sdist.py
index 63a7a60b9..11bedecf6 100644
--- a/src/scikit_build_core/build/sdist.py
+++ b/src/scikit_build_core/build/sdist.py
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 import tarfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from packaging.utils import canonicalize_name
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+from .. import __version__
 from .._compat import tomllib
+from .._logging import rich_print
 from ..settings.metadata import get_standard_metadata
 from ..settings.skbuild_read_settings import SettingsReader
 from ._file_processor import each_unignored_file
@@ -68,6 +73,11 @@ def build_sdist(
     sdist_directory: str,
     config_settings: dict[str, list[str] | str] | None = None,
 ) -> str:
+    rich_print(
+        f"[green]***[/green] [bold][green]scikit-build-core {__version__}[/green]",
+        "[red](sdist)[/red]",
+    )
+
     with Path("pyproject.toml").open("rb") as f:
         pyproject = tomllib.load(f)
 
@@ -87,7 +97,17 @@ def build_sdist(
     # https://github.com/FFY00/python-pyproject-metadata/pull/49
     pkg_info = bytes(copy.deepcopy(metadata).as_rfc822())
 
-    srcdirname = f"{metadata.name}-{metadata.version}"
+    # Only normalize SDist name if 0.5+ is requested for backwards compat
+    should_normalize_name = settings.minimum_version is None or Version(
+        settings.minimum_version
+    ) >= Version("0.5")
+
+    sdist_name = (
+        canonicalize_name(metadata.name).replace("-", "_")
+        if should_normalize_name
+        else metadata.name
+    )
+    srcdirname = f"{sdist_name}-{metadata.version}"
     filename = f"{srcdirname}.tar.gz"
 
     sdist_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/src/scikit_build_core/settings/metadata.py b/src/scikit_build_core/settings/metadata.py
index f0462ca76..bb6ba2516 100644
--- a/src/scikit_build_core/settings/metadata.py
+++ b/src/scikit_build_core/settings/metadata.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any
 
+from packaging.version import Version
 from pyproject_metadata import StandardMetadata
 
 from ..settings.skbuild_model import ScikitBuildSettings
@@ -44,4 +45,11 @@ def get_standard_metadata(
         for field in fields:
             pyproject_dict["project"]["dynamic"].remove(field)
 
-    return StandardMetadata.from_pyproject(pyproject_dict)
+    metadata = StandardMetadata.from_pyproject(pyproject_dict)
+    # pyproject-metadata normalizes the name - see https://github.com/FFY00/python-pyproject-metadata/pull/65
+    # For scikit-build-core 0.5+, we keep the un-normalized name, and normalize it when using it for filenames
+    if settings.minimum_version is None or Version(settings.minimum_version) >= Version(
+        "0.5"
+    ):
+        metadata.name = pyproject_dict["project"]["name"]
+    return metadata
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index c27887a88..f965e2fb5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ def package_simple_pyproject_ext(
 ) -> PackageInfo:
     package = PackageInfo(
         "simple_pyproject_ext",
-        "cbf3102cf86f709dfd3f244b69e5ee3faff9e3c94c53ef85f146d9bad96660b3",
-        "538a8221e10c5029c78127e4169d2df622b9a88dfce12a8b63eeaaa98cda8a09",
-        "0dab37b48497f95c044781204b7d49c752739b32a0ef7a7a02ec987b5c4a210b",
-        "feeedcb0070a211d93b967fe083aa31e448842eb9b93d5e428807348e40e44e8",
+        "c75641407303f3f3a0fd76d24e3d12447b31286fa5d0f687c0f8f8eb804d839f",
+        "dc4921bdf694b1b88cb27c8e6128513e174689625447d18c1dd3353348824946",
+        "2a135ce826265c5c1c73ebcb603989d8e2f4bca4605ad04c6c82871b5f75840e",
+        "7558e1db89e62b0941671796e1a35983a0b50a0701736566ca3ae5dd9ba09846",
     )
     process_package(package, tmp_path, monkeypatch)
     return package
diff --git a/tests/packages/simple_pyproject_ext/pyproject.toml b/tests/packages/simple_pyproject_ext/pyproject.toml
index b23fdf9df..01748c9e4 100644
--- a/tests/packages/simple_pyproject_ext/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/packages/simple_pyproject_ext/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [project]
-name = "cmake_example"
+name = "CMake.Example"
 version = "0.0.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
diff --git a/tests/packages/simple_pyproject_source_dir/pyproject.toml b/tests/packages/simple_pyproject_source_dir/pyproject.toml
index 95bc8bba8..6ddac4648 100644
--- a/tests/packages/simple_pyproject_source_dir/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/packages/simple_pyproject_source_dir/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 cmake.source-dir = "src"
 
 [project]
-name = "cmake_example"
+name = "CMake.Example"
 version = "0.0.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pyproject_pep517.py b/tests/test_pyproject_pep517.py
index a351da640..d4474b885 100644
--- a/tests/test_pyproject_pep517.py
+++ b/tests/test_pyproject_pep517.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 """
 METADATA = """\
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
-Name: cmake-example
+Name: CMake.Example
 Version: 0.0.1
 Requires-Python: >=3.7
 Provides-Extra: test
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ def test_pep517_sdist():
     out = build_sdist("dist")
 
     (sdist,) = dist.iterdir()
-    assert sdist.name == "cmake-example-0.0.1.tar.gz"
+    assert sdist.name == "cmake_example-0.0.1.tar.gz"
     assert sdist == dist / out
 
     with tarfile.open(sdist) as f:
         file_names = set(f.getnames())
         assert file_names == {
-            f"cmake-example-0.0.1/{x}"
+            f"cmake_example-0.0.1/{x}"
             for x in (
                 "CMakeLists.txt",
                 "pyproject.toml",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def test_pep517_sdist():
                 "LICENSE",
             )
         }
-        pkg_info = f.extractfile("cmake-example-0.0.1/PKG-INFO")
+        pkg_info = f.extractfile("cmake_example-0.0.1/PKG-INFO")
         assert pkg_info
         pkg_info_contents = pkg_info.read().decode()
         assert pkg_info_contents == METADATA
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def test_pep517_wheel(virtualenv):
         print(entry_points == ENTRYPOINTS)
         assert 'Requires-Dist: pytest>=6.0; extra == "test"' in metadata
         assert "Metadata-Version: 2.1" in metadata
-        assert "Name: cmake-example" in metadata
+        assert "Name: CMake.Example" in metadata
         assert "Version: 0.0.1" in metadata
         assert "Requires-Python: >=3.7" in metadata
         assert "Provides-Extra: test" in metadata
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def test_pep517_wheel_source_dir(virtualenv):
         print(entry_points == ENTRYPOINTS)
         assert 'Requires-Dist: pytest>=6.0; extra == "test"' in metadata
         assert "Metadata-Version: 2.1" in metadata
-        assert "Name: cmake-example" in metadata
+        assert "Name: CMake.Example" in metadata
         assert "Version: 0.0.1" in metadata
         assert "Requires-Python: >=3.7" in metadata
         assert "Provides-Extra: test" in metadata
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def test_prepare_metdata_for_build_wheel():
     metadata = build.util.project_wheel_metadata(str(Path.cwd()), isolated=False)
     answer = {
         "Metadata-Version": "2.1",
-        "Name": "cmake-example",
+        "Name": "CMake.Example",
         "Version": "0.0.1",
         "Requires-Python": ">=3.7",
         "Provides-Extra": "test",
diff --git a/tests/test_pyproject_pep518.py b/tests/test_pyproject_pep518.py
index a46a98c82..5b514a20c 100644
--- a/tests/test_pyproject_pep518.py
+++ b/tests/test_pyproject_pep518.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import hashlib
 import shutil
-import subprocess
 import sys
 import tarfile
 import textwrap
@@ -12,11 +11,11 @@
 
 @pytest.mark.network()
 @pytest.mark.integration()
-def test_pep518_sdist(package_simple_pyproject_ext):
+def test_pep518_sdist(isolated, package_simple_pyproject_ext):
     correct_metadata = textwrap.dedent(
         """\
         Metadata-Version: 2.1
-        Name: cmake-example
+        Name: CMake.Example
         Version: 0.0.1
         Requires-Python: >=3.7
         Provides-Extra: test
@@ -24,9 +23,10 @@ def test_pep518_sdist(package_simple_pyproject_ext):
         """
     )
 
-    subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "build", "--sdist"], check=True)
+    isolated.install("build[virtualenv]")
+    isolated.module("build", "--sdist")
     (sdist,) = Path("dist").iterdir()
-    assert sdist.name == "cmake-example-0.0.1.tar.gz"
+    assert sdist.name == "cmake_example-0.0.1.tar.gz"
 
     if not sys.platform.startswith(("win", "cygwin")):
         hash = hashlib.sha256(sdist.read_bytes()).hexdigest()
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_pep518_sdist(package_simple_pyproject_ext):
     with tarfile.open(sdist) as f:
         file_names = set(f.getnames())
         assert file_names == {
-            f"cmake-example-0.0.1/{x}"
+            f"cmake_example-0.0.1/{x}"
             for x in (
                 "CMakeLists.txt",
                 "pyproject.toml",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_pep518_sdist(package_simple_pyproject_ext):
                 "LICENSE",
             )
         }
-        pkg_info = f.extractfile("cmake-example-0.0.1/PKG-INFO")
+        pkg_info = f.extractfile("cmake_example-0.0.1/PKG-INFO")
         assert pkg_info
         pkg_info_contents = pkg_info.read().decode()
         assert correct_metadata == pkg_info_contents