diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index d9be53ab18b..6f960605f34 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -742,6 +742,35 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET" in
         read_pkg ignore-problems
         show_pkg_build_deps
         ;;
+    show-pkg-var)
+        read_pkg ignore-problems
+        for sub_name in $subpackages; do
+            if [ $sub_name = $XBPS_TARGET_PKG ]; then
+                ${sub_name}_package
+            fi
+        done
+	while IFS= read -r pkg_var; do
+		print_var=
+		case "${pkg_var}" in
+		    bootstrap) print_var="$bootstrap ";;
+		    broken) print_var="$broken ";;
+		    depends) print_var="$depends ";;
+		    hostmakedepends) print_var="$hostmakedepends ";;
+		    makedepends) print_var="$makedepends ";;
+		    noarch) print_var="$noarch ";;
+		    nocross) print_var="$nocross ";;
+		    only_for_archs) print_var="$only_for_archs ";;
+		    pkgname) print_var="$pkgname ";;
+		    restricted) print_var="$restricted ";;
+		    revision) print_var="$revision ";;
+		    subpackages) print_var="$subpackages ";;
+		    version) print_var="$version ";;
+		esac # the space at the end of each is essential for unset vars
+		if [ -n "$print_var" ]; then
+			printf "%s\n" "$(printf "${print_var% }" | tr -t '\n\r' ' ')"
+		fi # The trailing space gets stripped before printing anyway
+	done
+        ;;
     show-options)
         read_pkg ignore-problems
         show_pkg_build_options