diff --git a/lib/ansible/galaxy/role.py b/lib/ansible/galaxy/role.py
index 466d7cbfaee..a3752101729 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/galaxy/role.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/galaxy/role.py
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class GalaxyRole(object):
                     else:
                         self.version = 'master' 
                 elif self.version != 'master':
-                    if role_versions and self.version not in [a.get('name', None) for a in role_versions]:
+                    if role_versions and str(self.version) not in [a.get('name', None) for a in role_versions]:
                         raise AnsibleError("- the specified version (%s) of %s was not found in the list of available versions (%s)." % (self.version, self.name, role_versions))
 
                 tmp_file = self.fetch(role_data)