diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/verify_rundeps.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/verify_rundeps.sh
index deeb79046c..70f353ed0b 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/verify_rundeps.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/verify_rundeps.sh
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ verify_rundeps()
 			echo "   SONAME: $j (added)"
 			echo "${j}" >> $rsonamef
 		done
+		broken=1
 	else
 		# check if soname is already in the rshlibs file.
 		for j in ${soname_list}; do