diff --git a/Converter/PackageUtil.php b/Converter/PackageUtil.php
index ac819b36..c379afb1 100644
--- a/Converter/PackageUtil.php
+++ b/Converter/PackageUtil.php
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@
  */
 abstract class PackageUtil
 {
+    /**
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    private static $extensions = array(
+        '.zip',
+        '.tar',
+        '.tar.gz',
+        '.tar.bz2',
+        '.tar.Z',
+        '.tar.xz',
+        '.bz2',
+        '.gz',
+    );
+
     /**
      * Checks if the version is a URL version.
      *
@@ -41,7 +55,7 @@ public static function checkUrlVersion(AssetTypeInterface $assetType, $dependenc
         if (preg_match('/(\:\/\/)|\@/', $version)) {
             list($url, $version) = static::splitUrlVersion($version);
 
-            if (static::hasUrlDependencySupported($url)) {
+            if (!static::isUrlArchive($url) && static::hasUrlDependencySupported($url)) {
                 $vcsRepos[] = array(
                     'type' => sprintf('%s-vcs', $assetType->getName()),
                     'url' => $url,
@@ -67,6 +81,26 @@ public static function checkUrlVersion(AssetTypeInterface $assetType, $dependenc
         return array($dependency, $version);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if the url is a url of a archive file.
+     *
+     * @param string $url The url
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function isUrlArchive($url)
+    {
+        if (0 === strpos($url, 'http')) {
+            foreach (self::$extensions as $extension) {
+                if (substr($url, -strlen($extension)) === $extension) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if the version is a alias version.
      *
diff --git a/Tests/Converter/BowerPackageConverterTest.php b/Tests/Converter/BowerPackageConverterTest.php
index ffd0cf83..36a4c717 100644
--- a/Tests/Converter/BowerPackageConverterTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Converter/BowerPackageConverterTest.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public function testConvert()
             'ASSET/test-library17-file' => '*',
             'ASSET/test-library18-file' => '1.2.3',
             'ASSET/test-library19-file' => '*',
+            'ASSET/test-library20-file' => '*',
         ), $composer['require']);
 
         $this->assertArrayHasKey('require-dev', $composer);
diff --git a/Tests/Converter/NpmPackageConverterTest.php b/Tests/Converter/NpmPackageConverterTest.php
index a7625769..07c60595 100644
--- a/Tests/Converter/NpmPackageConverterTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Converter/NpmPackageConverterTest.php
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ public function testConvert()
             'ASSET/test-library17-file' => '*',
             'ASSET/test-library18-file' => '1.2.3',
             'ASSET/test-library19-file' => '*',
-            'ASSET/library20' => '1 || 2',
+            'ASSET/test-library20-file' => '*',
+            'ASSET/library21' => '1 || 2',
         ), $composer['require']);
 
         $this->assertArrayHasKey('require-dev', $composer);
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/package/bower.json b/Tests/Fixtures/package/bower.json
index 72b58bc7..18f7b7c9 100644
--- a/Tests/Fixtures/package/bower.json
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/package/bower.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
         "library16": "library16#>=1 <2",
         "library17": "http://foobar.tld/library17-1.2.3.js",
         "library18": "http://foobar.tld/library18.js#1.2.3",
-        "library19": "http://foobar.tld/library19.js"
+        "library19": "http://foobar.tld/library19.js",
+        "library20": "http://foobar.tld/library20/v1.2.tar.gz"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "dev-library1": ">= 1.0.0",
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/package/npm.json b/Tests/Fixtures/package/npm.json
index 1a301546..fa5a0065 100644
--- a/Tests/Fixtures/package/npm.json
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/package/npm.json
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
         "library17": "http://foobar.tld/library17-1.2.3.js",
         "library18": "http://foobar.tld/library18.js#1.2.3",
         "library19": "http://foobar.tld/library19.js",
-        "library20": "1 || 2"
+        "library20": "http://foobar.tld/library20/v1.2.tar.gz",
+        "library21": "1 || 2"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "dev-library1": ">= 1.0.0",