diff --git a/macros.python-srpm b/macros.python-srpm
index 844dfeb..9b4aa2e 100644
--- a/macros.python-srpm
+++ b/macros.python-srpm
@@ -221,3 +221,14 @@
         end
     end
 }}
+
+%version_no_operators() %{lua:
+    local ver = rpm.expand('%1')
+\
+    if ver == '%1' then
+        ver = rpm.expand('%version')
+    end
+    ver = ver:gsub('[~^]+', '')
+\
+    print(ver)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_evals.py b/tests/test_evals.py
index 43216ca..41bb0a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_evals.py
+++ b/tests/test_evals.py
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ def test_pydist_name(argument, result):
     assert rpm_eval(f'%py_dist_name {argument}') == [result]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('argument, result', [
+    ('7.5.0~~dev1', '7.5.0dev1'),
+    ('7.5.0~b4', '7.5.0b4'),
+    ('7.5.0', '7.5.0'),
+    ('7.5.0^post1', '7.5.0post1'),
+])
+def test_version_no_operators(argument, result):
+    assert rpm_eval(f'%version_no_operators {argument}') == [result]
+
+
 def test_py2_dist():
     assert rpm_eval(f'%py2_dist Aha[Boom] a') == ['python2dist(aha[boom]) python2dist(a)']