diff --git a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/lib/deployer/FileRepo.java b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/lib/deployer/FileRepo.java
index 1e94835067..57b6b37945 100644
--- a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/lib/deployer/FileRepo.java
+++ b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/lib/deployer/FileRepo.java
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ public List<String> list(String regex) throws Exception {
 
 	public SortedSet<Version> versions(String bsn) throws Exception {
 		init();
+		boolean haslatest = false;
 		File dir = new File(root, bsn);
 		if (dir.isDirectory()) {
 			String versions[] = dir.list();
@@ -455,10 +456,14 @@ public SortedSet<Version> versions(String bsn) throws Exception {
 				Matcher m = REPO_FILE.matcher(v);
 				if (m.matches()) {
 					String version = m.group(2);
-					if (!version.equals("latest"))
+					if (version.equals("latest"))
+						haslatest = true;
+					else
 						list.add(new Version(version));
 				}
 			}
+			if ( list.isEmpty() && haslatest)
+				list.add( new Version(MAX_MAJOR,0,0));
 			return new SortedList<Version>(list);
 		}
 		return SortedList.empty();