diff --git a/scripts/Emerge-Pkg b/scripts/Emerge-Pkg
index 6e84e5521..db17b59e3 100755
--- a/scripts/Emerge-Pkg
+++ b/scripts/Emerge-Pkg
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ deplist="$deplist $@"
 for x in $repositories ; do
 	deplist="$deplist ` egrep "^X .* $x .*" config/$config/packages | \
 	         cut -d ' ' -f 5`"
+
+	# only build packages that need an update
+	check4update
 done
 
 if [ $builddep = 1 ] ; then
@@ -236,10 +239,10 @@ if [ $builddep = 1 ] ; then
 	[ "$debug" = 1 ] && grep '^#' $tmp
 	deplist="$deplist `grep -v '^#' $tmp`"
 	rm $tmp
-fi
 
-# only build packages that need an update
-check4update
+	# only build packages that need an update
+	check4update
+fi
 
 echo "Packages scheduled to build: $deplist"