diff --git a/src/package.c b/src/package.c
index 9b25834d7227fb81adc13533414ed0954b9fb5d1..0f882e219f475edaf469d7adf40bba59d1bba15f 100644
--- a/src/package.c
+++ b/src/package.c
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ static int parse_depend(void *ctx, apk_blob_t blob)
 
 int apk_dep_is_satisfied(struct apk_dependency *dep, struct apk_package *pkg)
 {
+	if (pkg == NULL) {
+		if (dep->result_mask == APK_DEPMASK_CONFLICT)
+			return 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (dep->name != pkg->name)
 		return 0;
 	if (dep->result_mask == APK_DEPMASK_CHECKSUM) {