diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 782b49773fd..ebd5d6a6082 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET" in
         bulk_update -i
         ;;
     update-check)
-        read_pkg
+        read_pkg ignore-broken
         update_check
         ;;
     update-hash-cache)