1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.c b/lib/libalpm/db.c
index 6749ab1e..6865cd5a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.c
@@ -398,10 +398,10 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
 			else if (desc && regexec(&reg, desc, 0, 0, 0) == 0) {
 				matched = desc;
 			}
-			/* check provides */
 			/* TODO: should we be doing this, and should we print something
 			 * differently when we do match it since it isn't currently printed? */
-			else {
+			if(!matched) {
+				/* check provides */
 				for(k = alpm_pkg_get_provides(pkg); k; k = k->next) {
 					if (regexec(&reg, k->data, 0, 0, 0) == 0) {
 						matched = k->data;
@@ -409,6 +409,15 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_search(pmdb_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			if(!matched) {
+				/* check groups */
+				for(k = alpm_pkg_get_groups(pkg); k; k = k->next) {
+					if (regexec(&reg, k->data, 0, 0, 0) == 0) {
+						matched = k->data;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
 
 			if(matched != NULL) {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "    search target '%s' matched '%s'\n",