1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 92aa4954..77c558d1 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -749,8 +749,11 @@ static int _parseconfig(const char *file, const char *givensection,
 				ret = 1;
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
-			/* if we are not looking at the options section, register a db */
+			/* if we are not looking at the options section, register a db and also
+			 * ensure we have set all of our library paths as the library is too stupid
+			 * at the moment to do lazy opening of the databases */
 			if(strcmp(section, "options") != 0) {
+				setlibpaths();
 				db = alpm_db_register_sync(section);
 				if(db == NULL) {
 					pm_printf(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not register '%s' database (%s)\n"),