diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b64a122f..fa661a71 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.21 (???):
 
+ * libxbps: ignore packages conflicting themselves, which can happen with
+   virtual packages.
+
  * xbps-query(8): fix issue #3 from github
    "xbps-query -o only works for installed packages".
 
diff --git a/lib/package_conflicts.c b/lib/package_conflicts.c
index dd076777..658fdd6f 100644
--- a/lib/package_conflicts.c
+++ b/lib/package_conflicts.c
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ xbps_pkg_find_conflicts(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 		    (pkgd = xbps_pkgdb_get_virtualpkg(xhp, cfpkg))) {
 			prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgd,
 			    "pkgver", &pkgver);
+			if (strcmp(pkgver, repopkgver))
+				continue;
+
 			xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "found conflicting installed "
 			    "pkg %s with pkg in transaction %s\n", pkgver,
 			    repopkgver);
@@ -79,6 +82,9 @@ xbps_pkg_find_conflicts(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 		    (pkgd = xbps_find_virtualpkg_in_array(xhp, unsorted, cfpkg))) {
 			prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgd,
 			    "pkgver", &pkgver);
+			if (strcmp(pkgver, repopkgver))
+				continue;
+
 			xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "found conflicting pkgs in "
 			    "transaction %s <-> %s\n", pkgver, repopkgver);
 			buf = xbps_xasprintf("%s conflicts with "