diff --git a/gbvendor/repo.go b/gbvendor/repo.go
index 5dbccd4..97014f1 100644
--- a/gbvendor/repo.go
+++ b/gbvendor/repo.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	bbregex   = regexp.MustCompile(`^(?P<root>bitbucket\.org/(?P<bitname>[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]+/[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]+))(/[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]+)*$`)
 	lpregex   = regexp.MustCompile(`^launchpad.net/([A-Za-z0-9-._]+)(/[A-Za-z0-9-._]+)?(/.+)?`)
 	gcregex   = regexp.MustCompile(`^(?P<root>code\.google\.com/[pr]/(?P<project>[a-z0-9\-]+)(\.(?P<subrepo>[a-z0-9\-]+))?)(/[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]+)*$`)
-	genericre = regexp.MustCompile(`^(?P<root>(?P<repo>([a-z0-9.\-]+\.)+[a-z0-9.\-]+(:[0-9]+)?/[A-Za-z0-9_.\-/]*?)\.(?P<vcs>bzr|git|hg|svn))([/A-Za-z0-9_.\-]+)*$`)
+	genericre = regexp.MustCompile(`^(?P<root>(?P<repo>([a-z0-9.\-]+\.)+[a-z0-9.\-]+(:[0-9]+)?/[A-Za-z0-9_.\-/~]*?)\.(?P<vcs>bzr|git|hg|svn))([/A-Za-z0-9_.\-~]+)*$`)
 )
 
 // DeduceRemoteRepo takes a potential import path and returns a RemoteRepo
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	}
 
 	path = u.Host + u.Path
-	if !regexp.MustCompile(`^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)(.[A-Za-z0-9-]+)+(/[A-Za-z0-9-_.]+)+$`).MatchString(path) {
+	if !regexp.MustCompile(`^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)(.[A-Za-z0-9-]+)+(/[A-Za-z0-9-_.~]+)+$`).MatchString(path) {
 		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid import path", path)
 	}