diff --git a/pkg.c b/pkg.c
index bbf8846..3bdc716 100644
--- a/pkg.c
+++ b/pkg.c
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ pkg_find(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 		free(path);
 	}
 
-	snprintf(locbuf, sizeof locbuf, "%s/%s" PKG_CONFIG_EXT, PKG_DEFAULT_PATH, name);
-	if (f = fopen(locbuf, "r"))
-		return parse_file(locbuf, f);
+	if (!(flags & PKGF_ENV_ONLY))
+	{
+		snprintf(locbuf, sizeof locbuf, "%s/%s" PKG_CONFIG_EXT, PKG_DEFAULT_PATH, name);
+		if (f = fopen(locbuf, "r"))
+			return parse_file(locbuf, f);
+	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/pkg.h b/pkg.h
index 5ea7440..e2e9f8f 100644
--- a/pkg.h
+++ b/pkg.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct pkg_ {
 
 #define PKGF_NONE			0x0
 #define PKGF_SEARCH_PRIVATE		0x1
+#define PKGF_ENV_ONLY			0x2
 
 pkg_t *pkg_find(const char *name, unsigned int flags);
 void pkg_traverse(pkg_t *root, void (*pkg_traverse_func)(pkg_t *package, void *data), void *data, int maxdepth, unsigned int flags);