diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.c b/src/pacman/conf.c
index 207ebf7a..31a7e7b2 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.c
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ static int register_repo(config_repo_t *repo)
 	pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_DEBUG, "setting usage of %d for %s repository\n",
 			repo->usage, repo->name);
 	alpm_db_set_usage(db, repo->usage);
+	alpm_db_set_allow_partial_upgrades(db, repo->allow_partial);
 
 	for(i = repo->cache_servers; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
 		const char *value = i->data;
@@ -1034,6 +1035,8 @@ static int _parse_repo(const char *key, char *value, const char *file,
 			}
 			FREELIST(values);
 		}
+	} else if(strcmp(key, "AllowPartialUpgrades") == 0) {
+		repo->allow_partial = 1;
 	} else {
 		pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_WARNING,
 				_("config file %s, line %d: directive '%s' in section '%s' not recognized.\n"),
diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.h b/src/pacman/conf.h
index dcbaeb87..c2b3b759 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.h
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ typedef struct __config_repo_t {
 	alpm_list_t *cache_servers;
 	alpm_list_t *servers;
 	int usage;
+	int allow_partial;
 	int siglevel;
 	int siglevel_mask;
 } config_repo_t;