diff --git a/guix/import/pypi.scm b/guix/import/pypi.scm
index 6731d50891..b7859c8341 100644
--- a/guix/import/pypi.scm
+++ b/guix/import/pypi.scm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Lars-Dominik Braun <ldb@leibniz-psychology.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Martin Becze <mjbecze@riseup.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Xinglu Chen <public@yoctocell.xyz>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -163,12 +164,13 @@ (define (url->pypi-name url)
     (hyphen-package-name->name+version
      (basename (file-sans-extension url))))
 
-  (match (and=> (package-source package) origin-uri)
-    ((? string? url)
-     (url->pypi-name url))
-    ((lst ...)
-     (any url->pypi-name lst))
-    (#f #f)))
+  (or (assoc-ref (package-properties package) 'upstream-name)
+      (match (and=> (package-source package) origin-uri)
+        ((? string? url)
+         (url->pypi-name url))
+        ((lst ...)
+         (any url->pypi-name lst))
+        (#f #f))))
 
 (define (wheel-url->extracted-directory wheel-url)
   (match (string-split (basename wheel-url) #\-)
@@ -423,6 +425,11 @@ (define (make-pypi-sexp name version source-url wheel-url home-page synopsis
                         description license)
   "Return the `package' s-expression for a python package with the given NAME,
 VERSION, SOURCE-URL, HOME-PAGE, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, and LICENSE."
+  (define (maybe-upstream-name name)
+    (if (string-match ".*\\-[0-9]+" (pk name))
+        `((properties ,`'(("upstream-name" . ,name))))
+        '()))
+  
   (call-with-temporary-output-file
    (lambda (temp port)
      (and (url-fetch source-url temp)
@@ -461,6 +468,7 @@ (define (make-pypi-sexp name version source-url wheel-url home-page synopsis
                       (sha256
                        (base32
                         ,(guix-hash-url temp)))))
+                   ,@(maybe-upstream-name name)
                    (build-system python-build-system)
                    ,@(maybe-inputs required-inputs 'propagated-inputs)
                    ,@(maybe-inputs native-inputs 'native-inputs)
diff --git a/tests/pypi.scm b/tests/pypi.scm
index f421d6d9df..70f4298a90 100644
--- a/tests/pypi.scm
+++ b/tests/pypi.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Xinglu Chen <public@yoctocell.xyz>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ (define-module (test-pypi)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-64)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match))
 
-(define test-json
+(define test-json-1
   "{
   \"info\": {
     \"version\": \"1.0.0\",
@@ -57,6 +58,34 @@ (define test-json
   }
 }")
 
+(define test-json-2
+  "{
+  \"info\": {
+    \"version\": \"1.0.0\",
+    \"name\": \"foo-99\",
+    \"license\": \"GNU LGPL\",
+    \"summary\": \"summary\",
+    \"home_page\": \"http://example.com\",
+    \"classifiers\": [],
+    \"download_url\": \"\"
+  },
+  \"urls\": [],
+  \"releases\": {
+    \"1.0.0\": [
+      {
+        \"url\": \"https://example.com/foo-99-1.0.0.egg\",
+        \"packagetype\": \"bdist_egg\"
+      }, {
+        \"url\": \"https://example.com/foo-99-1.0.0.tar.gz\",
+        \"packagetype\": \"sdist\"
+      }, {
+        \"url\": \"https://example.com/foo-99-1.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl\",
+        \"packagetype\": \"bdist_wheel\"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}")
+
 (define test-source-hash
   "")
 
@@ -147,6 +176,13 @@ (define test-metadata-with-extras-jedi "\
                     (uri (list "https://bitheap.org/cram/cram-0.7.tar.gz"
                                (pypi-uri "cram" "0.7"))))))))
 
+(test-equal "guix-package->pypi-name, honor 'upstream-name'"
+  "bar-3"
+  (guix-package->pypi-name
+   (dummy-package "foo"
+                  (properties
+                   '((upstream-name . "bar-3"))))))
+
 (test-equal "specification->requirement-name"
   '("Fizzy" "PickyThing" "SomethingWithMarker" "requests" "pip")
   (map specification->requirement-name test-specifications))
@@ -198,8 +234,8 @@ (define test-metadata-with-extras-jedi "\
                  (lambda (url . rest)
                    (match url
                      ("https://pypi.org/pypi/foo/json"
-                      (values (open-input-string test-json)
-                              (string-length test-json)))
+                      (values (open-input-string test-json-1)
+                              (string-length test-json-1)))
                      ("https://example.com/foo-1.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl" #f)
                      (_ (error "Unexpected URL: " url)))))
                 (match (pypi->guix-package "foo")
@@ -264,8 +300,8 @@ (define test-metadata-with-extras-jedi "\
                (lambda (url . rest)
                  (match url
                    ("https://pypi.org/pypi/foo/json"
-                    (values (open-input-string test-json)
-                            (string-length test-json)))
+                    (values (open-input-string test-json-1)
+                            (string-length test-json-1)))
                    ("https://example.com/foo-1.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl" #f)
                    (_ (error "Unexpected URL: " url)))))
               ;; Not clearing the memoization cache here would mean returning the value
@@ -317,8 +353,8 @@ (define test-metadata-with-extras-jedi "\
                (lambda (url . rest)
                  (match url
                    ("https://pypi.org/pypi/foo/json"
-                    (values (open-input-string test-json)
-                            (string-length test-json)))
+                    (values (open-input-string test-json-1)
+                            (string-length test-json-1)))
                    ("https://example.com/foo-1.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl" #f)
                    (_ (error "Unexpected URL: " url)))))
               ;; Not clearing the memoization cache here would mean returning the value
@@ -345,4 +381,60 @@ (define test-metadata-with-extras-jedi "\
                 (x
                  (pk 'fail x #f))))))
 
+(test-assert "pypi->guix-package, package name contains \"-\" followed by digits"
+  ;; Replace network resources with sample data.
+  (mock ((guix import utils) url-fetch
+         (lambda (url file-name)
+           (match url
+             ("https://example.com/foo-99-1.0.0.tar.gz"
+              (begin
+                ;; Unusual requires.txt location should still be found.
+                (mkdir-p "foo-99-1.0.0/src/bizarre.egg-info")
+                (with-output-to-file "foo-99-1.0.0/src/bizarre.egg-info/requires.txt"
+                  (lambda ()
+                    (display test-requires.txt)))
+                (parameterize ((current-output-port (%make-void-port "rw+")))
+                  (system* "tar" "czvf" file-name "foo-99-1.0.0/"))
+                (delete-file-recursively "foo-99-1.0.0")
+                (set! test-source-hash
+                  (call-with-input-file file-name port-sha256))))
+             ("https://example.com/foo-99-1.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl" #f)
+             (_ (error "Unexpected URL: " url)))))
+        (mock ((guix http-client) http-fetch
+               (lambda (url . rest)
+                 (match url
+                   ("https://pypi.org/pypi/foo-99/json"
+                    (values (open-input-string test-json-2)
+                            (string-length test-json-2)))
+                   ("https://example.com/foo-99-1.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl" #f)
+                   (_ (error "Unexpected URL: " url)))))
+              (match (pypi->guix-package "foo-99")
+                (('package
+                   ('name "python-foo-99")
+                   ('version "1.0.0")
+                   ('source ('origin
+                              ('method 'url-fetch)
+                              ('uri ('pypi-uri "foo-99" 'version))
+                              ('sha256
+                               ('base32
+                                (? string? hash)))))
+                   ('properties ('quote (("upstream-name" . "foo-99"))))
+                   ('build-system 'python-build-system)
+                   ('propagated-inputs
+                    ('quasiquote
+                     (("python-bar" ('unquote 'python-bar))
+                      ("python-foo" ('unquote 'python-foo)))))
+                   ('native-inputs
+                    ('quasiquote
+                     (("python-pytest" ('unquote 'python-pytest)))))
+                   ('home-page "http://example.com")
+                   ('synopsis "summary")
+                   ('description "summary")
+                   ('license 'license:lgpl2.0))
+                 (string=? (bytevector->nix-base32-string
+                            test-source-hash)
+                           hash))
+                (x
+                 (pk 'fail x #f))))))
+
 (test-end "pypi")
