diff --git a/tools/winebuild/parser.c b/tools/winebuild/parser.c
index 1e23e3c09c6..0498e75e466 100644
--- a/tools/winebuild/parser.c
+++ b/tools/winebuild/parser.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static const char *separator_chars;
 static const char *comment_chars;
 
 /* valid characters in ordinal names */
-static const char valid_ordname_chars[] = "/$:-_@?abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
+static const char valid_ordname_chars[] = "/$:-_@?<>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
 
 static const char * const TypeNames[TYPE_NBTYPES] =
 {