diff --git a/chkdep b/chkdep
index 1ad1617..86898a0 100755
--- a/chkdep
+++ b/chkdep
@@ -13,24 +13,29 @@ from modulefinder import ModuleFinder
 def usage():
 	os.system("man chkdep")
 
-def rmdupdeps(deps):
-	depdeps = []
-	newdeps = []
+getdeps_deps = []
+def getdeps(root):
 	i = pacman.db_getpkgcache(db)
 	while i:
 		pkg = pacman.void_to_PM_PKG(pacman.list_getdata(i))
 		pkgname = pacman.void_to_char(pacman.pkg_getinfo(pkg, pacman.PKG_NAME))
-		# we don't allow pkgname in depdeps to handle dep cycles
-		if pkgname in deps and pkgname not in depdeps and pkgname not in ignorepkgs:
+		if pkgname == root:
 			j = pacman.void_to_PM_LIST(pacman.pkg_getinfo(pkg, pacman.PKG_DEPENDS))
 			while j:
 				dep = pacman.void_to_char(pacman.list_getdata(j)).split("<")[0].split(">")[0].split("=")[0]
-				if dep not in depdeps:
-					if trace:
-						print "%s will be ignored if found, as %s already depends on it." % (dep, pkgname)
-					depdeps.append(dep)
+				if dep not in getdeps_deps:
+					getdeps_deps.append(dep)
+					getdeps(dep)
 				j = pacman.list_next(j)
+			break
 		i = pacman.list_next(i)
+	return getdeps_deps
+
+def rmdupdeps(deps):
+	depdeps = []
+	newdeps = []
+	for i in deps:
+		depdeps.extend(getdeps(i))
 	for i in deps:
 		if i not in depdeps and i not in ignorepkgs:
 			newdeps.append(i)