diff -u --recursive a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h	2010-07-03 02:23:20.000000000 +0300
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h	2010-11-16 10:17:30.800522586 +0200
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
 
 off_t alpm_pkg_download_size(pmpkg_t *newpkg);
 alpm_list_t *alpm_pkg_unused_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+int _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pmpkg_t *pkg);
 
 /*
  * Deltas
diff -u --recursive a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c	2010-07-03 02:23:20.000000000 +0300
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c	2010-11-16 10:37:40.772901476 +0200
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@
  *
  * @return 1 if the package should be ignored, 0 otherwise
  */
-int _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pmpkg_t *pkg)
+int SYMEXPORT _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *groups = NULL;
 
diff -u --recursive a/src/pacman/query.c b/src/pacman/query.c
--- a/src/pacman/query.c	2010-06-24 16:23:29.000000000 +0300
+++ b/src/pacman/query.c	2010-11-16 10:10:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@
 		return(0);
 	}
 	/* check if this pkg is outdated */
-	if(config->op_q_upgrade && (alpm_sync_newversion(pkg, alpm_option_get_syncdbs()) == NULL)) {
+	if(config->op_q_upgrade && (alpm_sync_newversion(pkg, alpm_option_get_syncdbs()) == NULL
+		|| _alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pkg))) {
 		return(0);
 	}
 	return(1);