1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
index 15f3f19bc8..ac76d64cdb 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ from bb.utils import is_semver
 
 def npm_package(package):
     """Convert the npm package name to remove unsupported character"""
-    # Scoped package names (with the @) use the same naming convention
-    # as the 'npm pack' command.
+    # For scoped package names ('@user/package') the '/' is replaced by a '-'.
+    # This is similar to what 'npm pack' does, but 'npm pack' also strips the
+    # leading '@', which can lead to ambiguous package names.
     name = re.sub("/", "-", package)
     name = name.lower()
-    name = re.sub(r"[^\-a-z0-9]", "", name)
+    name = re.sub(r"[^\-a-z0-9@]", "", name)
     name = name.strip("-")
     return name