diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index ee40dc9..5da48a1 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ pkg_queue_walk(pkg_queue_t *head)
 		{
 			pkg_t *pkg;
 
-			pkg = pkg_verify_dependency(iter);
+			pkg = pkg_verify_dependency(iter, global_traverse_flags);
 			print_requires(pkg, NULL);
 		}
 	}
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (package == NULL)
 			return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
-		pkg = pkg_find(package);
+		pkg = pkg_find(package, global_traverse_flags);
 		if (pkg == NULL)
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
diff --git a/pkg.c b/pkg.c
index a5f2edd..bbf8846 100644
--- a/pkg.c
+++ b/pkg.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ path_split(const char *text, char ***parv)
 }
 
 pkg_t *
-pkg_find(const char *name)
+pkg_find(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	char locbuf[PKG_CONFIG_PATH_SZ];
 	char **path;
@@ -233,17 +233,17 @@ pkg_get_comparator(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep)
 }
 
 /*
- * pkg_verify_dependency(pkgdep)
+ * pkg_verify_dependency(pkgdep, flags)
  *
  * verify a pkg_dependency_t node in the depgraph.  if the dependency is solvable,
  * return the appropriate pkg_t object, else NULL.
  */
 pkg_t *
-pkg_verify_dependency(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep)
+pkg_verify_dependency(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	pkg_t *pkg;
 
-	pkg = pkg_find(pkgdep->package);
+	pkg = pkg_find(pkgdep->package, flags);
 	if (pkg == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ pkg_walk_list(pkg_t *parent,
 		if (*node->package == '\0')
 			continue;
 
-		pkgdep = pkg_verify_dependency(node);
+		pkgdep = pkg_verify_dependency(node, flags);
 		if (pkgdep == NULL)
 		{
 			fprintf(stderr, "Package %s was not found in the pkg-config search path.\n", node->package);
diff --git a/pkg.h b/pkg.h
index 6d9825c..5ea7440 100644
--- a/pkg.h
+++ b/pkg.h
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ struct pkg_ {
 #define PKGF_NONE			0x0
 #define PKGF_SEARCH_PRIVATE		0x1
 
-pkg_t *pkg_find(const char *name);
+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);
 void pkg_verify_graph(pkg_t *root, int depth);
 int pkg_compare_version(const char *a, const char *b);
-pkg_t *pkg_verify_dependency(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep);
+pkg_t *pkg_verify_dependency(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep, unsigned int flags);
 const char *pkg_get_comparator(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep);
 
 /* parse.c */