diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/creader.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/creader.rs
index 0721342767d0..ae3efa665ab8 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/creader.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/creader.rs
@@ -314,16 +314,21 @@ fn load_library_crate(sess: session::session, ident: ast::ident, span: span,
     }
 }
 
-fn metas_with_ident(ident: ast::ident,
+fn metas_with(ident: ast::ident, key: str,
                     metas: [@ast::meta_item]) -> [@ast::meta_item] {
-    let name_items = attr::find_meta_items_by_name(metas, "name");
+    let name_items = attr::find_meta_items_by_name(metas, key);
     if name_items.is_empty() {
-        metas + [attr::mk_name_value_item_str("name", ident)]
+        metas + [attr::mk_name_value_item_str(key, ident)]
     } else {
         metas
     }
 }
 
+fn metas_with_ident(ident: ast::ident,
+                    metas: [@ast::meta_item]) -> [@ast::meta_item] {
+    metas_with(ident, "name", metas)
+}
+
 fn existing_match(e: env, metas: [@ast::meta_item]) -> option<int> {
     let maybe_entry = e.crate_cache.find {|c|
         metadata_matches(*c.metas, metas)
@@ -381,11 +386,12 @@ fn resolve_crate_deps(e: env, cdata: @[u8]) -> cstore::cnum_map {
     let cnum_map = int_hash::<ast::crate_num>();
     for decoder::get_crate_deps(cdata).each {|dep|
         let extrn_cnum = dep.cnum;
-        let cname = dep.ident;
+        let cname = dep.name;
+        let cvers = dep.vers;
         // FIXME: We really need to know the linkage metas of our transitive
         // dependencies in order to resolve them correctly.
-        let cmetas = [];
-        #debug("resolving dep %s", cname);
+        let cmetas = metas_with(cvers, "vers", []);
+        #debug("resolving dep %s ver: %s", cname, dep.vers);
         alt existing_match(e, metas_with_ident(cname, cmetas)) {
           some(local_cnum) {
             #debug("already have it");
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-1.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c41daa1e8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-1.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#[link(name = "crateresolve4a", vers = "0.1")];
+#[crate_type = "lib"];
+
+fn f() -> int { 10 }
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cba82fd55b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#[link(name = "crateresolve4a", vers= "0.2")];
+#[crate_type = "lib"];
+
+fn g() -> int { 20 }
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-1.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5cda2a814e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-1.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// aux-build:crateresolve4a-1.rs
+// aux-build:crateresolve4a-2.rs
+#[link(name = "crateresolve4b", vers = "0.1")];
+#[crate_type = "lib"];
+
+use crateresolve4a(vers="0.2");
+
+fn f() -> int { crateresolve4a::g() }
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1129b98542c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// aux-build:crateresolve4a-1.rs
+// aux-build:crateresolve4a-2.rs
+#[link(name = "crateresolve4b", vers = "0.2")];
+#[crate_type = "lib"];
+
+use crateresolve4a(vers="0.1");
+
+fn g() -> int { crateresolve4a::f() }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/crateresolve4.rs b/src/test/run-pass/crateresolve4.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fe8393ab7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/crateresolve4.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// xfail-fast
+// aux-build:crateresolve4a-1.rs
+// aux-build:crateresolve4a-2.rs
+// aux-build:crateresolve4b-1.rs
+// aux-build:crateresolve4b-2.rs
+
+mod a {
+    use crateresolve4b(vers = "0.1");
+    fn f() { assert crateresolve4b::f() == 20; }
+}
+
+mod b {
+    use crateresolve4b(vers = "0.2");
+    fn f() { assert crateresolve4b::g() == 10; }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    a::f();
+    b::f();
+}