diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 706ded804cc..f21254de93f 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -736,6 +736,9 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET" in
         show_pkg_shlib_requires
         ;;
     show-var)
+        for f in ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/setup/*.sh; do
+            source $f
+        done
         eval value="\${$XBPS_TARGET_PKG}"
         echo $value
         ;;