diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index e532f3de..7e52526e 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -2293,7 +2293,9 @@ typedef enum _alpm_pkgreason_t {
 	/** Explicitly requested by the user. */
 	ALPM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT = 0,
 	/** Installed as a dependency for another package. */
-	ALPM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND = 1
+	ALPM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND = 1,
+	/** Failed parsing of local database */
+	ALPM_PKG_REASON_UNKNOWN = 2
 } alpm_pkgreason_t;
 
 /** Location a package object was loaded from. */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
index 3516587d..1802814f 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static alpm_pkgreason_t _read_pkgreason(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *pkgna
 		return ALPM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND;
 	} else {
 		_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_ERROR, _("unknown install reason for package %s: %s\n"), pkgname, line);
-		return ALPM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT;
+		return ALPM_PKG_REASON_UNKNOWN;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 041e8988..ddc85e01 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ static void _alpm_select_depends(alpm_list_t **from, alpm_list_t **to,
 	for(i = *from; i; i = next) {
 		alpm_pkg_t *deppkg = i->data;
 		next = i->next;
-		if((explicit || alpm_pkg_get_reason(deppkg) != ALPM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT)
+		if((explicit || alpm_pkg_get_reason(deppkg) == ALPM_PKG_REASON_DEPEND)
 				&& _alpm_pkg_depends_on(pkg, deppkg)) {
 			*to = alpm_list_add(*to, deppkg);
 			*from = alpm_list_remove_item(*from, i);