diff --git a/germinate/germinator.py b/germinate/germinator.py
index f2152ed..1bccfd7 100644
--- a/germinate/germinator.py
+++ b/germinate/germinator.py
@@ -452,7 +452,11 @@ class Germinator(object):
for field in "Pre-Depends", "Depends", "Recommends", "Built-Using":
value = section.get(field, "")
- self._packages[pkg][field] = self._parse_depends(value)
+ try:
+ self._packages[pkg][field] = self._parse_depends(value)
+ except ValueError:
+ _logger.error("Package %s, has invalid dependency %s: '%s'" %
+ (pkg, field, value))
for field in "Size", "Installed-Size":
value = section.get(field, "0")