diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/show_revdeps.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/show_revdeps.sh
index dcc3b1abe85..74d3109cdca 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/show_revdeps.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/show_revdeps.sh
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@
 # THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #-
 
-show_pkg_revdeps()
+_show_hard_pkg_deps()
 {
-	local f revdepname tmplf
-
-	[ -z "$1" ] && return 1
+	local f tmplf revdepname
 
 	for f in $(find ${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR} -type f -name \*template); do
 		if ! egrep -q "^Add_dependency[[:blank:]]+(run|full|build)[[:blank:]]+${1}([[:space:]]+\".*\")*$" $f; then
@@ -42,3 +40,34 @@ show_pkg_revdeps()
 		echo $revdepname
 	done
 }
+
+_show_shlib_pkg_deps()
+{
+	local f j
+
+	for f in $(find ${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR} -type f -name *.rshlibs); do
+		for j in ${1}; do
+			if grep -q "$j" "$f"; then
+				revdepname=$(basename $f)
+				echo "${revdepname%.rshlibs}"
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+	done
+}
+
+show_pkg_revdeps()
+{
+	local SHLIBS_MAP="$XBPS_COMMONVARSDIR/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt"
+
+	[ -z "$1" ] && return 1
+
+	shlibs=$(grep "$1" $SHLIBS_MAP)
+	if [ -n "$shlibs" ]; then
+		# pkg provides shlibs
+		_show_shlib_pkg_deps "$shlibs"
+	else
+		# pkg does not provide shlibs
+		_show_hard_pkg_deps "$1"
+	fi
+}