diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 03d16ef9..5fb1e50f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.48 (???):
 
+ * libxbps: the rpool functions now set errno to ENOENT when the target
+   pkg cannot be found in registered repos.
+
  * libxbps: fix a bug where broken reverse dependencies would be detected
    before detecting packages that need to be replaced in transaction.
 
diff --git a/lib/rpool.c b/lib/rpool.c
index 450df6c8..9acc1181 100644
--- a/lib/rpool.c
+++ b/lib/rpool.c
@@ -296,14 +296,21 @@ repo_find_pkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 		 * Find revdeps for pkg.
 		 */
 		rv = xbps_rpool_foreach(xhp, find_pkg_revdeps_cb, &rpf);
+		break;
 	}
 	if (rv != 0) {
 		errno = rv;
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (type == REVDEPS_PKG)
-		return rpf.revdeps;
+	if (type == REVDEPS_PKG) {
+		if (rpf.revdeps == NULL)
+			errno = ENOENT;
 
+		return rpf.revdeps;
+	} else {
+		if (rpf.pkgd == NULL)
+			errno = ENOENT;
+	}
 	return rpf.pkgd;
 }