diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/url_parse.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/url_parse.py
index 6789bc0aa3..41a2fda649 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/url_parse.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/url_parse.py
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@
     # Combinations of multiple patterns - public
     ('dakota-6.3-public.src', 'dakota-6.3'),
     # Combinations of multiple patterns - universal
-    ('synergy-1.3.6p2-MacOSX-Universal', 'synergy-1.3.6p2')
+    ('synergy-1.3.6p2-MacOSX-Universal', 'synergy-1.3.6p2'),
+    # Combinations of multiple patterns - dynamic
+    ('snptest_v2.5.2_linux_x86_64_dynamic', 'snptest_v2.5.2'),
 ])
 def test_url_strip_version_suffixes(url, expected):
     stripped = strip_version_suffixes(url)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/url.py b/lib/spack/spack/url.py
index d29ce3d07f..e3da753a76 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/url.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/url.py
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ def strip_version_suffixes(path):
         '[Uu]niversal',
         'jar',
         'complete',
+        'dynamic',
         'oss',
         'gem',
         'tar',