diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 184f62c9..09330070 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v8.2.1
+
+### Fixed
+
+- fix #1119: also include pre/post release details in version_tuple
+
+
 ## v8.2.0
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc93e064..60c53865 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ force-single-line = true
 from-first = false
 lines-between-types = 1
 order-by-type = true
-
 [tool.repo-review]
 ignore = ["PP305", "GH103", "GH212", "MY100", "PC111", "PC160", "PC170", "PC180", "PC901"]
 
diff --git a/src/setuptools_scm/_version_cls.py b/src/setuptools_scm/_version_cls.py
index 0fe9426b..e0fe387b 100644
--- a/src/setuptools_scm/_version_cls.py
+++ b/src/setuptools_scm/_version_cls.py
@@ -52,8 +52,17 @@ def _version_as_tuple(version_str: str) -> tuple[int | str, ...]:
         return (version_str,)
     else:
         version_fields: tuple[int | str, ...] = parsed_version.release
+        if parsed_version.epoch:
+            version_fields = (f"{parsed_version.epoch}!", *version_fields)
+        if parsed_version.pre is not None:
+            version_fields += (f"{parsed_version.pre[0]}{parsed_version.pre[1]}",)
+
+        if parsed_version.post is not None:
+            version_fields += (f"post{parsed_version.post}",)
+
         if parsed_version.dev is not None:
             version_fields += (f"dev{parsed_version.dev}",)
+
         if parsed_version.local is not None:
             version_fields += (parsed_version.local,)
         return version_fields
diff --git a/testing/test_regressions.py b/testing/test_regressions.py
index 385549c2..21f52711 100644
--- a/testing/test_regressions.py
+++ b/testing/test_regressions.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from importlib.metadata import EntryPoint
 from importlib.metadata import distribution
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Sequence
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -130,3 +131,18 @@ def test_write_to_absolute_path_passes_when_subdir_of_root(tmp_path: Path) -> No
         match=r".*VERSION.py' .* .*subdir.*",
     ):
         write_version_files(replace(c, root=subdir), "1.0", v)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("input", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("1.0", (1, 0)),
+        ("1.0a2", (1, 0, "a2")),
+        ("1.0.b2dev1", (1, 0, "b2", "dev1")),
+        ("1.0.dev1", (1, 0, "dev1")),
+    ],
+)
+def test_version_as_tuple(input: str, expected: Sequence[int | str]) -> None:
+    from setuptools_scm._version_cls import _version_as_tuple
+
+    assert _version_as_tuple(input) == expected