diff --git a/packages/bower-json/lib/json.js b/packages/bower-json/lib/json.js
index 7467f49cf..46b12788f 100644
--- a/packages/bower-json/lib/json.js
+++ b/packages/bower-json/lib/json.js
@@ -136,16 +136,16 @@ function getIssues(json) {
     if (!json.name) {
         errors.push('No "name" property set');
     } else {
-        if (!/^[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]*$/.test(json.name)) {
-            errors.push('Name must be lowercase string, with dots, dashes, or @');
+        if (!/^[a-zA-Z0-9_@][a-zA-Z0-9_@\.\- \/]*$/.test(json.name)) {
+            errors.push('Name must be lowercase, can contain digits, dots, dashes, "@" or spaces');
         }
 
         if (json.name.length > 50) {
             warnings.push('The "name" is too long, the limit is 50 characters');
         }
 
-        if (/[A-Z]/.test(json.name)) {
-            warnings.push('The "name" must be lowercase');
+        if (!/^[a-z0-9_][a-z0-9_\.\-]*$/.test(json.name)) {
+            warnings.push('The "name" is recommended to be lowercase, can contain digits, dots, dashes');
         }
 
         if (/^[\.-]/.test(json.name)) {
diff --git a/packages/bower-json/test/test.js b/packages/bower-json/test/test.js
index 9344fba85..7be7d6abb 100644
--- a/packages/bower-json/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/bower-json/test/test.js
@@ -272,6 +272,12 @@ describe('.parse', function () {
 });
 
 describe('.getIssues', function () {
+    it('should print no errors even for weird package names', function () {
+        var json = { name: '@gruNt/my dependency' };
+
+        expect(bowerJson.getIssues(json).errors).to.be.empty();
+    });
+
     it('should validate the name length', function () {
         var json = { name: 'a_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_z' };
 
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ describe('.getIssues', function () {
         var json = { name: 'gruNt' };
 
         expect(bowerJson.getIssues(json).warnings).to.contain(
-            'The "name" must be lowercase'
+            'The "name" is recommended to be lowercase, can contain digits, dots, dashes'
         );
     });