1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index 2a9f4605..7c3bfc26 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_initialize(void)
 	if(handle == NULL) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, -1);
 	}
+	if(_alpm_db_register_local() == NULL) {
+		/* error code should be set */
+		return(-1);
+	}
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
 	bindtextdomain("libalpm", LOCALEDIR);