diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c0970116..6281f767 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.11.1 (???):
 
+ * xbps-repo(8): the 'find-files' target accepts multiple patterns, such as:
+	$ xbps-repo find-files /bin/cat '/bin/f*' ...
+
  * xbps-bin(8): the 'find-files' target accepts multiple patterns, such as:
 	$ xbps-bin find-files /bin/cat '/bin/f*' ...
 
diff --git a/bin/xbps-repo/defs.h b/bin/xbps-repo/defs.h
index 7ce90729..26d37f78 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-repo/defs.h
+++ b/bin/xbps-repo/defs.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct repo_search_data {
 int	repo_genindex(const char *);
 
 /* From find-files.c */
-int	repo_find_files_in_packages(const char *);
+int	repo_find_files_in_packages(int, char **);
 
 /* From list.c */
 int	repo_pkg_list_cb(struct repository_pool_index *, void *, bool *);
diff --git a/bin/xbps-repo/find-files.c b/bin/xbps-repo/find-files.c
index 9069949f..de46a7d6 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-repo/find-files.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-repo/find-files.c
@@ -32,14 +32,22 @@
 #include <xbps_api.h>
 #include "defs.h"
 
+struct ffdata {
+	int npatterns;
+	char **patterns;
+};
+
 static int
-match_files_by_pattern(prop_dictionary_t pkg_filesd, prop_dictionary_keysym_t key,
-		       const char *pattern, const char *pkgver)
+match_files_by_pattern(prop_dictionary_t pkg_filesd,
+		       prop_dictionary_keysym_t key,
+		       struct ffdata *ffd,
+		       const char *pkgver)
 {
 	prop_object_iterator_t iter;
 	prop_array_t array;
 	prop_object_t obj;
 	const char *keyname, *filestr, *typestr;
+	int i;
 
 	keyname = prop_dictionary_keysym_cstring_nocopy(key);
 	array = prop_dictionary_get_keysym(pkg_filesd, key);
@@ -58,10 +66,13 @@ match_files_by_pattern(prop_dictionary_t pkg_filesd, prop_dictionary_keysym_t ke
 	iter = prop_array_iterator(array);
 	while ((obj = prop_object_iterator_next(iter))) {
 		prop_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(obj, "file", &filestr);
-		if ((strcmp(filestr, pattern) == 0) ||
-		    (strstr(filestr, pattern)) ||
-		    (xbps_pkgpattern_match(filestr, pattern) == 1))
-			printf(" %s: %s (%s)\n", pkgver, filestr, typestr);
+		for (i = 1; i < ffd->npatterns; i++) {
+			if ((strcmp(filestr, ffd->patterns[i]) == 0) ||
+			    (strstr(filestr, ffd->patterns[i])) ||
+			    (xbps_pkgpattern_match(filestr,
+						   ffd->patterns[i]) == 1))
+				printf(" %s: %s (%s)\n", pkgver, filestr, typestr);
+		}
 	}
 	prop_object_iterator_release(iter);
 	return 0;
@@ -74,7 +85,8 @@ find_files_in_package(struct repository_pool_index *rpi, void *arg, bool *done)
 	prop_array_t files_keys;
 	prop_object_t obj;
 	prop_object_iterator_t iter;
-	const char *pkgname, *pkgver, *pattern = arg;
+	struct ffdata *ffd = arg;
+	const char *pkgname, *pkgver;
 	char *url;
 	int rv = 0;
 	unsigned int i, count;
@@ -108,7 +120,7 @@ find_files_in_package(struct repository_pool_index *rpi, void *arg, bool *done)
 		count = prop_array_count(files_keys);
 		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 			rv = match_files_by_pattern(pkg_filesd,
-			    prop_array_get(files_keys, i), pattern, pkgver);
+			    prop_array_get(files_keys, i), ffd, pkgver);
 			if (rv == -1)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -122,8 +134,18 @@ find_files_in_package(struct repository_pool_index *rpi, void *arg, bool *done)
 }
 
 int
-repo_find_files_in_packages(const char *pattern)
+repo_find_files_in_packages(int npatterns, char **patterns)
 {
-	return xbps_repository_pool_foreach(find_files_in_package,
-	    __UNCONST(pattern));
+	struct ffdata *ffd;
+	int rv;
+
+	ffd = malloc(sizeof(*ffd));
+	if (ffd == NULL)
+		return ENOMEM;
+
+	ffd->npatterns = npatterns;
+	ffd->patterns = patterns;
+	rv = xbps_repository_pool_foreach(find_files_in_package, ffd);
+	free(ffd);
+	return rv;
 }
diff --git a/bin/xbps-repo/main.c b/bin/xbps-repo/main.c
index ae29f010..d6dfe9ba 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-repo/main.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-repo/main.c
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		prop_object_release(pkgd);
 	} else if (strcasecmp(argv[0], "find-files") == 0) {
 		/* Finds files by patterns, exact matches and components. */
-		if (argc != 2)
+		if (argc < 2)
 			usage(xhp);
 
-		rv = repo_find_files_in_packages(argv[1]);
+		rv = repo_find_files_in_packages(argc, argv);
 		if (rv == ENOTSUP) {
 			xbps_error_printf("xbps-repo: no repositories "
 			    "currently registered!\n");
diff --git a/bin/xbps-repo/xbps-repo.8 b/bin/xbps-repo/xbps-repo.8
index d93fbe93..85c1d8e2 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-repo/xbps-repo.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-repo/xbps-repo.8
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Please note that all targets are case insensitive.
 Prints the name of
 .Em package(s)
 matching the pattern on its file list by looking in all repositories index files.
+Multiple patterns can be specified as arguments.
 .It Sy genindex Pa /path/to/local/repo
 Generates a package index for a local repository as specified in its argument.
 It will look for archives with the