diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 446fd2d7..f54e48f2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.50 (???):
 
+ * libxbps: when configuring all packages ignore internal xbps objects of pkgdb.
+   Fixes an assertion with `xbps-reconfigure -a`.
+
  * alternatives: really make relative symlinks this time.
 
 xbps-0.49 (2015-10-31):
diff --git a/lib/package_configure.c b/lib/package_configure.c
index be8aeb5c..e279199b 100644
--- a/lib/package_configure.c
+++ b/lib/package_configure.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*-
- * Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Juan Romero Pardines.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Juan Romero Pardines.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ xbps_configure_packages(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_array_t ignpkgs)
 	assert(iter);
 	while ((obj = xbps_object_iterator_next(iter))) {
 		pkgd = xbps_dictionary_get_keysym(xhp->pkgdb, obj);
-		xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgd, "pkgver", &pkgver);
+		if (!xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(pkgd, "pkgver", &pkgver))
+			continue;
 		if (xbps_array_count(ignpkgs)) {
 			if ((xbps_match_string_in_array(ignpkgs, pkgver)) ||
 			    (xbps_match_pkgver_in_array(ignpkgs, pkgver))) {