diff --git a/src/beesh.sh.in b/src/beesh.sh.in
index ee2c4df..06bffcb 100644
--- a/src/beesh.sh.in
+++ b/src/beesh.sh.in
@@ -958,6 +958,9 @@ PKGREVISION=
 
 eval $("${BEE_BINDIR}/beeversion" "${BEE}")
 
+validate_pkg_complete_from_filename || \
+    bee_die "filename $BEE is invalid. (valid examples: bla-0.bee bla-1.2.3-55.bee bla_lall_x-1.2.3.4_xxx-0.x86_64.bee)"
+
 ###############################################################################
 
 # clear PKGALLPKG since we can't trust PKGARCH in this state