diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
index aa60d860a26..735663eae6e 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ get_subpkgs() {
 }
 
 setup_pkg() {
-    local pkg="$1" cross="$2"
+    local pkg="$1" cross="$2" show_broken="$3"
     local basepkg val _vars f dbgflags arch
 
     [ -z "$pkg" ] && return 1
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ setup_pkg() {
     if [ "$cross" -a "$nocross" ]; then
         msg_red "$pkgver: cannot be cross compiled, exiting...\n"
         exit 2
-    elif [ "$broken" ]; then
+    elif [ "$broken" -a "z$show_broken" != "zignore-broken" ]; then
         msg_red "$pkgver: cannot be built, it's currently broken; see the build log:\n"
         msg_red "$pkgver: $broken\n"
         exit 2
diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 5dc4927a90f..0dd85e8dc3d 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ read_pkg() {
         [ ! -r ./template ] && msg_error "missing build template in $(pwd).\n"
         XBPS_TARGET_PKG=$(basename_cwd)
     fi
-    setup_pkg $XBPS_TARGET_PKG $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD
+    setup_pkg "$XBPS_TARGET_PKG" "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" "$1"
 }
 
 setup_distfiles_mirror() {
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET" in
         purge_distfiles
         ;;
     show)
-        read_pkg
+        read_pkg ignore-broken
         show_pkg
         ;;
     show-avail)