diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index f819396..5b37beb 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ static int sync_pkg(pmpkg_t *spkg, alpm_list_t *pkg_list)
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_DUP_TARGET, -1);
 	}
 
+	if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(spkg)) {
+		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED, -1);
+	}
+
 	local = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db_local, alpm_pkg_get_name(spkg));
 	if(local) {
 		int cmp = _alpm_pkg_compare_versions(spkg, local);