diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 41eedaa..fa9da7a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ void _alpm_recursedeps(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit)
 }
 
 /* helper function for resolvedeps: search for dep satisfier in dbs */
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs, alpm_list_t *excluding, pmpkg_t *tpkg)
+pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs, alpm_list_t *excluding, int prompt_for_unignore)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j;
 	/* 1. literals */
@@ -513,9 +513,11 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs, alpm_list_t *exclud
 		pmpkg_t *pkg = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(i->data, dep->name);
 		if(pkg && alpm_depcmp(pkg, dep) && !_alpm_pkg_find(excluding, pkg->name)) {
 			if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pkg)) {
-				int install;
-				QUESTION(handle->trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG, pkg,
-			                 tpkg, NULL, &install);
+				int install = 0;
+				if (prompt_for_unignore) {
+					QUESTION(handle->trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG, pkg,
+							 NULL, NULL, &install);
+				}
 				if(!install) {
 					continue;
 				}
@@ -530,9 +532,11 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs, alpm_list_t *exclud
 			if(alpm_depcmp(pkg, dep) && strcmp(pkg->name, dep->name) &&
 			             !_alpm_pkg_find(excluding, pkg->name)) {
 				if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pkg)) {
-					int install;
-					QUESTION(handle->trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG, pkg,
-				                 tpkg, NULL, &install);
+					int install = 0;
+					if (prompt_for_unignore) {
+						QUESTION(handle->trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG, pkg,
+								 NULL, NULL, &install);
+					}
 					if(!install) {
 						continue;
 					}
@@ -607,7 +611,7 @@ int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmdb_t *local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 				continue;
 			}
 			/* find a satisfier package in the given repositories */
-			pmpkg_t *spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(missdep, dbs_sync, *packages, tpkg);
+			pmpkg_t *spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(missdep, dbs_sync, *packages, 0);
 			if(!spkg) {
 				pm_errno = PM_ERR_UNSATISFIED_DEPS;
 				char *missdepstring = alpm_dep_compute_string(missdep);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.h b/lib/libalpm/deps.h
index 9dca91d..8983cef 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pmdepmissing_t *_alpm_depmiss_new(const char *target, pmdepend_t *dep,
 void _alpm_depmiss_free(pmdepmissing_t *miss);
 alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(alpm_list_t *targets, int reverse);
 void _alpm_recursedeps(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs, int include_explicit);
-pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs, alpm_list_t *excluding, pmpkg_t *tpkg);
+pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs, alpm_list_t *excluding, int prompt_for_unignore);
 int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmdb_t *local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 					  alpm_list_t **packages, alpm_list_t *remove,
 					  alpm_list_t **data);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index b3945fc..5604880 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ int _alpm_sync_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sy
 			RET_ERR(PM_ERR_PKG_REPO_NOT_FOUND, -1);
 		}
 		dep = _alpm_splitdep(targ);
-		spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(dep, dbs, NULL, NULL);
+		spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(dep, dbs, NULL, 1);
 		_alpm_dep_free(dep);
 		alpm_list_free(dbs);
 	} else {
 		dep = _alpm_splitdep(targline);
-		spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(dep, dbs_sync, NULL, NULL);
+		spkg = _alpm_resolvedep(dep, dbs_sync, NULL, 1);
 		_alpm_dep_free(dep);
 	}
 	FREE(targline);
diff --git a/pactest/tests/ignore001.py b/pactest/tests/ignore001.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf8e8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/ignore001.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+self.description = "Sync with irrelevent ignored packages"
+
+package1 = pmpkg("package1")
+self.addpkg2db("local", package1)
+
+package2 = pmpkg("package2")
+self.addpkg2db("local", package2)
+
+package2up = pmpkg("package2", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", package2up)
+
+self.option["IgnorePkg"] = ["irrelevent"]
+self.args = "-Su"
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package1|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package2|2.0-1")
diff --git a/pactest/tests/ignore002.py b/pactest/tests/ignore002.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b64b70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/ignore002.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+self.description = "Sync with relevent ignored packages"
+
+package1 = pmpkg("package1")
+self.addpkg2db("local", package1)
+
+package2 = pmpkg("package2")
+self.addpkg2db("local", package2)
+
+package3 = pmpkg("package3")
+package3.depends = ["package2=1.0-1"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", package3)
+
+package4 = pmpkg("package4")
+package4.depends = ["package3=1.0-1"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", package4)
+
+package2up = pmpkg("package2", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", package2up)
+
+package3up = pmpkg("package3", "2.0-1")
+package3up.depends = ["package2=2.0-1"]
+self.addpkg2db("sync", package3up)
+
+package4up = pmpkg("package4", "2.0-1")
+package4up.depends = ["package3=2.0-1"]
+self.addpkg2db("sync", package4up)
+
+self.option["IgnorePkg"] = ["package2"]
+self.args = "-Su"
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package1|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package2|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package3|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package4|1.0-1")
diff --git a/pactest/tests/ignore003.py b/pactest/tests/ignore003.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7c1658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/ignore003.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+self.description = "Sync with relevent ignored packages and dependency loop"
+
+package1 = pmpkg("package1")
+self.addpkg2db("local", package1)
+
+package2 = pmpkg("package2")
+self.addpkg2db("local", package2)
+
+package3 = pmpkg("package3")
+package3.depends = ["package2=1.0-1"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", package3)
+
+package4 = pmpkg("package4")
+package4.depends = ["package3=1.0-1"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", package4)
+
+package2up = pmpkg("package2", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", package2up)
+
+package3up = pmpkg("package3", "2.0-1")
+package3up.depends = ["package2=2.0-1", "package4=2.0-1"]
+self.addpkg2db("sync", package3up)
+
+package4up = pmpkg("package4", "2.0-1")
+package4up.depends = ["package3=2.0-1"]
+self.addpkg2db("sync", package4up)
+
+self.option["IgnorePkg"] = ["package2"]
+self.args = "-Su"
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package1|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package2|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package3|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=package4|1.0-1")
diff --git a/pactest/tests/ignore004.py b/pactest/tests/ignore004.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fff12f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/ignore004.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+self.description = "Sync with ignore causing top-level to be ignored"
+
+packageA1 = pmpkg("packageA1")
+packageA1.depends = ["packageA2=1.0-1", "packageA3=1.0-1"];
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA1)
+
+packageA2 = pmpkg("packageA2")
+packageA2.depends = ["packageA4=1.0-1", "packageA5=1.0-1"];
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA2)
+
+packageA3 = pmpkg("packageA3")
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA3)
+
+packageA4 = pmpkg("packageA4")
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA4)
+
+packageA5 = pmpkg("packageA5")
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA5)
+
+packageA1up = pmpkg("packageA1", "2.0-1")
+packageA1up.depends = ["packageA2=2.0-1", "packageA3=2.0-1"];
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA1up)
+
+packageA2up = pmpkg("packageA2", "2.0-1")
+packageA2up.depends = ["packageA4=2.0-1", "packageA5=2.0-1"];
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA2up)
+
+packageA3up = pmpkg("packageA3", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA3up)
+
+packageA4up = pmpkg("packageA4", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA4up)
+
+packageA5up = pmpkg("packageA5", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA5up)
+
+
+self.option["IgnorePkg"] = ["packageA3"]
+self.args = "-S packageA1"
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA1|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA2|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA3|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA4|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA5|1.0-1")
diff --git a/pactest/tests/ignore005.py b/pactest/tests/ignore005.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1957ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/ignore005.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+self.description = "Sync with ignore causing top-level to be included"
+
+packageA1 = pmpkg("packageA1")
+packageA1.depends = ["packageA2>=1.0-1", "packageA3=1.0-1"];
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA1)
+
+packageA2 = pmpkg("packageA2")
+packageA2.depends = ["packageA4=1.0-1", "packageA5=1.0-1"];
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA2)
+
+packageA3 = pmpkg("packageA3")
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA3)
+
+packageA4 = pmpkg("packageA4")
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA4)
+
+packageA5 = pmpkg("packageA5")
+self.addpkg2db("local", packageA5)
+
+packageA1up = pmpkg("packageA1", "2.0-1")
+packageA1up.depends = ["packageA2>=2.0-1", "packageA3=2.0-1"];
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA1up)
+
+packageA2up = pmpkg("packageA2", "2.0-1")
+packageA2up.depends = ["packageA4=2.0-1", "packageA5=2.0-1"];
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA2up)
+
+packageA3up = pmpkg("packageA3", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA3up)
+
+packageA4up = pmpkg("packageA4", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA4up)
+
+packageA5up = pmpkg("packageA5", "2.0-1")
+self.addpkg2db("sync", packageA5up)
+
+
+self.option["IgnorePkg"] = ["packageA3"]
+self.args = "-S packageA1 packageA2"
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA1|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA2|2.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA3|1.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA4|2.0-1")
+self.addrule("PKG_VERSION=packageA5|2.0-1")
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
index 1e2bff3..65b5ab7 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.c
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
@@ -248,15 +248,8 @@ void cb_trans_conv(pmtransconv_t event, void *data1, void *data2,
 {
 	switch(event) {
 		case PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG:
-			if(data2) {
-				/* TODO we take this route based on data2 being not null? WTF */
-				*response = yesno(_(":: %s requires installing %s from IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway?"),
-						alpm_pkg_get_name(data2),
-						alpm_pkg_get_name(data1));
-			} else {
-				*response = yesno(_(":: %s is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway?"),
-						alpm_pkg_get_name(data1));
-			}
+			*response = yesno(_(":: %s is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway?"),
+							  alpm_pkg_get_name(data1));
 			break;
 		case PM_TRANS_CONV_REPLACE_PKG:
 			*response = yesno(_(":: Replace %s with %s/%s?"),

