diff --git a/lib/conf.c b/lib/conf.c
index f455bd92..1a824984 100644
--- a/lib/conf.c
+++ b/lib/conf.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ store_vars(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_dictionary_t *d,
 
 	if (*d == NULL)
 		*d = xbps_dictionary_create();
-	if (xhp->vpkgd_conf)
+	if (xhp->vpkgd_conf == NULL)
 		xhp->vpkgd_conf = xbps_dictionary_create();
 
 	/*
diff --git a/lib/plist_find.c b/lib/plist_find.c
index 9f387897..cff0a49d 100644
--- a/lib/plist_find.c
+++ b/lib/plist_find.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ xbps_find_virtualpkg_in_dict(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 	xbps_dictionary_t pkgd = NULL;
 	const char *vpkg;
 
-	/* Try matching vpkg from configuration files */
+	/* Try matching vpkg via xhp->vpkgd */
 	vpkg = vpkg_user_conf(xhp, pkg, false);
 	if (vpkg != NULL) {
 		if (xbps_pkgpattern_version(vpkg))
diff --git a/lib/plist_match.c b/lib/plist_match.c
index 6dac70e2..d3b62966 100644
--- a/lib/plist_match.c
+++ b/lib/plist_match.c
@@ -42,11 +42,15 @@
 bool
 xbps_match_virtual_pkg_in_array(xbps_array_t a, const char *str)
 {
-	if ((xbps_match_pkgname_in_array(a, str)) ||
-	    (xbps_match_pkgdep_in_array(a, str)) ||
-	    (xbps_match_pkgpattern_in_array(a, str)))
+	if (xbps_pkgpattern_version(str)) {
+		if (xbps_match_pkgdep_in_array(a, str) ||
+		    xbps_match_pkgpattern_in_array(a, str))
 		return true;
-
+	} else if (xbps_pkg_version(str)) {
+		return xbps_match_string_in_array(a, str);
+	} else {
+		return xbps_match_pkgname_in_array(a, str);
+	}
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/repo.c b/lib/repo.c
index 1b0755d2..693cf419 100644
--- a/lib/repo.c
+++ b/lib/repo.c
@@ -398,8 +398,7 @@ xbps_repo_get_virtualpkg(struct xbps_repo *repo, const char *pkg)
 
 	pkgd = xbps_find_virtualpkg_in_dict(repo->xhp, repo->idx, pkg);
 	if (pkgd) {
-		xbps_dictionary_set_cstring_nocopy(pkgd,
-				"repository", repo->uri);
+		xbps_dictionary_set_cstring_nocopy(pkgd, "repository", repo->uri);
 		return pkgd;
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -417,14 +416,14 @@ xbps_repo_get_pkg(struct xbps_repo *repo, const char *pkg)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Try matching vpkg from configuration files */
-	if ((pkgd = xbps_find_virtualpkg_in_conf(repo->xhp, repo->idx, pkg)))
+	if ((pkgd = xbps_find_virtualpkg_in_conf(repo->xhp, repo->idx, pkg))) {
+		xbps_dictionary_set_cstring_nocopy(pkgd, "repository", repo->uri);
 		return pkgd;
-
+	}
 	/* ... otherwise match a real pkg */
 	pkgd = xbps_find_pkg_in_dict(repo->idx, pkg);
 	if (pkgd) {
-		xbps_dictionary_set_cstring_nocopy(pkgd,
-				"repository", repo->uri);
+		xbps_dictionary_set_cstring_nocopy(pkgd, "repository", repo->uri);
 		return pkgd;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/vpkg_test.sh b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/vpkg_test.sh
index 9876e4d2..9771d042 100644
--- a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/vpkg_test.sh
+++ b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/vpkg_test.sh
@@ -334,6 +334,35 @@ vpkg_provider_remove_body() {
 	atf_check_equal $? 19
 }
 
+
+atf_test_case vpkg_multirepo
+
+vpkg_multirepo_head() {
+       atf_set "descr" "Tests for virtual pkgs: vpkg provider in multiple repos"
+}
+
+vpkg_multirepo_body() {
+       mkdir empty repo-1 repo-2
+
+       cd repo-1
+       xbps-create -n A-1.0_1 -s A -A noarch -P V-0_1 ../empty
+       atf_check_equal $? 0
+
+       cd ../repo-2
+       xbps-create -n B-1.0_1 -s B -A noarch -P V-0_1 ../empty
+       atf_check_equal $? 0
+
+       cd ..
+       xbps-rindex -a repo-1/*.xbps
+       atf_check_equal $? 0
+       xbps-rindex -a repo-2/*.xbps
+       atf_check_equal $? 0
+
+       echo "virtualpkg=V-0_1:B" > virtualpkg.conf
+       out="$(xbps-install -C $PWD -r root --repo=repo-1 --repo=repo-2 -n V|awk '{print $1}')"
+       atf_check_equal "$out" "B-1.0_1"
+}
+
 atf_init_test_cases() {
 	atf_add_test_case vpkg_dont_update
 	atf_add_test_case vpkg_replace_provider
@@ -344,4 +373,5 @@ atf_init_test_cases() {
 	atf_add_test_case vpkg_incompat_downgrade
 	atf_add_test_case vpkg_provider_and_revdeps_downgrade
 	atf_add_test_case vpkg_provider_remove
+	atf_add_test_case vpkg_multirepo
 }