diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index 4a3ba648..053fd66e 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
 
 /* libalpm */
 #include "remove.h"
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void remove_prepare_keep_needed(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp)
  * @param handle the context handle
  * @param lp list of packages to be removed
  */
-static void remove_notify_needed_optdepends(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp)
+static void remove_notify_needed_optdepends(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *lp, int remove_optdepends)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i;
 
@@ -170,21 +170,29 @@ static void remove_notify_needed_optdepends(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *
 		alpm_pkg_t *pkg = i->data;
 		alpm_list_t *optdeps = alpm_pkg_get_optdepends(pkg);
 
-		if(optdeps && !alpm_pkg_find(lp, pkg->name)) {
-			alpm_list_t *j;
-			for(j = optdeps; j; j = alpm_list_next(j)) {
-				alpm_depend_t *optdep = j->data;
-				char *optstring = alpm_dep_compute_string(optdep);
-				if(alpm_find_satisfier(lp, optstring)) {
+		if (!optdeps || alpm_pkg_find(lp, pkg->name))  {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		alpm_list_t *j;
+		for(j = optdeps; j; j = alpm_list_next(j)) {
+			alpm_depend_t *optdep = j->data;
+			char *optstring = alpm_dep_compute_string(optdep);
+			if(alpm_find_satisfier(lp, optstring)) {
+				if (remove_optdepends) {
+					// -Rss, we delete optdepends
 					alpm_event_optdep_removal_t event = {
 						.type = ALPM_EVENT_OPTDEP_REMOVAL,
 						.pkg = pkg,
 						.optdep = optdep
 					};
 					EVENT(handle, &event);
+				} else {
+					// -Rs, we keep optdepends
+					alpm_list_remove(lp, optdep, _alpm_pkg_dep_cmp,NULL);
 				}
-				free(optstring);
 			}
+			free(optstring);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -258,7 +266,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 	/* Note packages being removed that are optdepends for installed packages */
 	if(!(trans->flags & ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS)) {
-		remove_notify_needed_optdepends(handle, trans->remove);
+		remove_notify_needed_optdepends(handle, trans->remove, (trans->flags & ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSEALL));
 	}
 
 	if(!(trans->flags & ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_NODEPS)) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 7877b17a..f89b0001 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -835,6 +835,19 @@ int _alpm_ldconfig(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/** Helper function for comparing names of a dependency and a package
+ * @param p1 void pointer of the package
+ * @param p2 void pointer of the dependency
+ * @return result of the comparison of the names
+ * */
+int _alpm_pkg_dep_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
+{
+	alpm_pkg_t *pkg = (alpm_pkg_t *) p1;
+	alpm_depend_t *dep = (alpm_depend_t *) p2;
+
+	return _alpm_str_cmp(pkg->name, dep->name);
+}
+
 /** Helper function for comparing strings using the alpm "compare func"
  * signature.
  * @param s1 first string to be compared
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.h b/lib/libalpm/util.h
index 5090c545..9af97c89 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.h
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ void *_alpm_realloc(void **data, size_t *current, const size_t required);
 void *_alpm_greedy_grow(void **data, size_t *current, const size_t required);
 alpm_errno_t _alpm_read_file(const char *filepath, unsigned char **data, size_t *data_len);
 
+int _alpm_pkg_dep_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2);
+
 #ifndef HAVE_STRSEP
 char *strsep(char **, const char *);
 #endif