2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg_resources/__init__.py b/pkg_resources/__init__.py
index fd8efaa8..c0c095b2 100644
--- a/pkg_resources/__init__.py
+++ b/pkg_resources/__init__.py
@@ -2328,7 +2328,7 @@ class EntryPoint(object):
 
     pattern = re.compile(
         r'\s*'
-        r'(?P<name>[+\w. -]+?)\s*'
+        r'(?P<name>.+?)\s*'
         r'=\s*'
         r'(?P<module>[\w.]+)\s*'
         r'(:\s*(?P<attr>[\w.]+))?\s*'
diff --git a/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py b/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
index f252ddff..4a82167b 100644
--- a/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
+++ b/pkg_resources/tests/test_resources.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import shutil
+import string
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -302,6 +303,16 @@ class TestEntryPoints:
             except ValueError: pass
             else: raise AssertionError("Should've been bad", ep)
 
+    def test_printable_name(self):
+        """
+        Allow any printable character in the name.
+        """
+        # Create a name with all printable characters; strip the whitespace.
+        name = string.printable.strip()
+        spec = "{name} = module:attr".format(**locals())
+        ep = EntryPoint.parse(spec)
+        assert ep.name == name
+
     def checkSubMap(self, m):
         assert len(m) == len(self.submap_expect)
         for key, ep in pkg_resources.iteritems(self.submap_expect):