diff --git a/compose/config/validation.py b/compose/config/validation.py
index e7006d5a4..74ae5c9c8 100644
--- a/compose/config/validation.py
+++ b/compose/config/validation.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ DOCKER_CONFIG_HINTS = {
 
 
 VALID_NAME_CHARS = '[a-zA-Z0-9\._\-]'
-VALID_EXPOSE_FORMAT = r'^\d+(\/[a-zA-Z]+)?$'
+VALID_EXPOSE_FORMAT = r'^\d+(\-\d+)?(\/[a-zA-Z]+)?$'
 
 
 @FormatChecker.cls_checks(format="ports", raises=ValidationError)
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py b/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
index 2f6dfba47..ada239d4d 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/cli_test.py
@@ -646,6 +646,28 @@ class CLITestCase(DockerClientTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(port_short, "127.0.0.1:30000")
         self.assertEqual(port_full, "127.0.0.1:30001")
 
+    def test_run_with_expose_ports(self):
+        # create one off container
+        self.base_dir = 'tests/fixtures/expose-composefile'
+        self.dispatch(['run', '-d', '--service-ports', 'simple'])
+        container = self.project.get_service('simple').containers(one_off=True)[0]
+
+        ports = container.ports
+        self.assertEqual(len(ports), 9)
+        # exposed ports are not mapped to host ports
+        assert ports['3000/tcp'] is None
+        assert ports['3001/tcp'] is None
+        assert ports['3001/udp'] is None
+        assert ports['3002/tcp'] is None
+        assert ports['3003/tcp'] is None
+        assert ports['3004/tcp'] is None
+        assert ports['3005/tcp'] is None
+        assert ports['3006/udp'] is None
+        assert ports['3007/udp'] is None
+
+        # close all one off containers we just created
+        container.stop()
+
     def test_run_with_custom_name(self):
         self.base_dir = 'tests/fixtures/environment-composefile'
         name = 'the-container-name'
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/expose-composefile/docker-compose.yml b/tests/fixtures/expose-composefile/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d14a468de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/expose-composefile/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+simple:
+  image: busybox:latest
+  command: top
+  expose:
+    - '3000'
+    - '3001/tcp'
+    - '3001/udp'
+    - '3002-3003'
+    - '3004-3005/tcp'
+    - '3006-3007/udp'