diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 7c3693a27d..68765b6c24 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -823,6 +823,29 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET" in
         read_pkg ignore-problems
         show_pkg_makedepends
         ;;
+    show-pkg-var-dump)
+        read_pkg ignore-problems
+        for sub_name in $subpackages; do
+            if [ $sub_name = $XBPS_TARGET_PKG ]; then
+                ${sub_name}_package
+            fi
+        done
+        printf "archs: %s\n\n" "$archs"
+        printf "bootstrap: %s\n\n" "$bootstrap"
+        printf "broken: %s\n\n" "$broken"
+        printf "depends: %s\n\n" "$depends"
+        printf "hostmakedepends: %s\n\n" "$hostmakedepends"
+        printf "makedepends: %s\n\n" "$makedepends"
+        printf "nocross: %s\n\n" "$nocross"
+        printf "pkgname: %s\n\n" "$pkgname"
+        printf "restricted: %s\n\n" "$restricted"
+        printf "revision: %s\n\n" "$revision"
+        printf "subpackages: %s\n\n" "$subpackages"
+        printf "version: %s\n\n" "$version"
+        printf "provides: %s\n\n" "$provides"
+        printf "lib32disabled: %s\n\n" "$lib32disabled"
+        printf "nodebug: %s\n\n" "$nodebug"
+        ;;
     show-pkg-var)
         read_pkg ignore-problems
         for sub_name in $subpackages; do
@@ -830,21 +853,29 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET" in
                 ${sub_name}_package
             fi
         done
-	printf "archs: %s\n\n" "$archs"
-	printf "bootstrap: %s\n\n" "$bootstrap"
-	printf "broken: %s\n\n" "$broken"
-	printf "depends: %s\n\n" "$depends"
-	printf "hostmakedepends: %s\n\n" "$hostmakedepends"
-	printf "makedepends: %s\n\n" "$makedepends"
-	printf "nocross: %s\n\n" "$nocross"
-	printf "pkgname: %s\n\n" "$pkgname"
-	printf "restricted: %s\n\n" "$restricted"
-	printf "revision: %s\n\n" "$revision"
-	printf "subpackages: %s\n\n" "$subpackages"
-	printf "version: %s\n\n" "$version"
-	printf "provides: %s\n\n" "$provides"
-	printf "lib32disabled: %s\n\n" "$lib32disabled"
-	printf "nodebug: %s\n\n" "$nodebug"
+        while IFS= read -r pkg_var; do
+                print_var=
+                case "${pkg_var}" in
+                    archs) print_var="$archs ";;
+                    bootstrap) print_var="$bootstrap ";;
+                    broken) print_var="$broken ";;
+                    depends) print_var="$depends ";;
+                    hostmakedepends) print_var="$hostmakedepends ";;
+                    makedepends) print_var="$makedepends ";;
+                    nocross) print_var="$nocross ";;
+                    pkgname) print_var="$pkgname ";;
+                    restricted) print_var="$restricted ";;
+                    revision) print_var="$revision ";;
+                    subpackages) print_var="$subpackages ";;
+                    version) print_var="$version ";;
+                    provides) print_var="$provides ";;
+                    lib32disabled) print_var="$lib32disabled ";;
+                    nodebug) print_var="$nodebug ";;
+                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