diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 1cc1eaa4..574995c4 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -313,8 +313,10 @@ Query Options[[QO]]
 	with descriptions matching ALL of those terms are returned.
 
 *-t, \--unrequired*::
-	Restrict or filter output to packages not required by any currently
-	installed package.
+	Restrict or filter output to packages not required or optionally required by
+	any currently installed package. Specify this option twice to only filter
+	packages that are direct dependencies (i.e. do not filter optional
+	dependencies).
 
 *-u, \--upgrades*::
 	Restrict or filter output to packages that are out-of-date on the local
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 7aa0271c..5ce8747b 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
 			addlist(_("  -p, --file <package> query a package file instead of the database\n"));
 			addlist(_("  -q, --quiet          show less information for query and search\n"));
 			addlist(_("  -s, --search <regex> search locally-installed packages for matching strings\n"));
-			addlist(_("  -t, --unrequired     list packages not required by any package [filter]\n"));
+			addlist(_("  -t, --unrequired     list packages not (optionally) required by any\n"
+			          "                       package (-tt to ignore optdepends) [filter]\n"));
 			addlist(_("  -u, --upgrades       list outdated packages [filter]\n"));
 		} else if(op == PM_OP_SYNC) {
 			printf("%s:  %s {-S --sync} [%s] [%s]\n", str_usg, myname, str_opt, str_pkg);
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ static int parsearg_query(int opt)
 		case 'p': config->op_q_isfile = 1; break;
 		case 'q': config->quiet = 1; break;
 		case 's': config->op_q_search = 1; break;
-		case 't': config->op_q_unrequired = 1; break;
+		case 't': (config->op_q_unrequired)++; break;
 		case 'u': config->op_q_upgrade = 1; break;
 		default: return 1;
 	}
diff --git a/src/pacman/query.c b/src/pacman/query.c
index f5862a2d..e88b393b 100644
--- a/src/pacman/query.c
+++ b/src/pacman/query.c
@@ -312,11 +312,16 @@ static unsigned short pkg_get_locality(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 	return PKG_LOCALITY_FOREIGN;
 }
 
-static int is_unrequired(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
+static int is_unrequired(alpm_pkg_t *pkg, unsigned short level)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *requiredby = alpm_pkg_compute_requiredby(pkg);
 	if(requiredby == NULL) {
-		return 1;
+		if(level == 1) {
+			requiredby = alpm_pkg_compute_optionalfor(pkg);
+		}
+		if(requiredby == NULL) {
+			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 	FREELIST(requiredby);
 	return 0;
@@ -339,7 +344,7 @@ static int filter(alpm_pkg_t *pkg)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/* check if this pkg is unrequired */
-	if(config->op_q_unrequired && !is_unrequired(pkg)) {
+	if(config->op_q_unrequired && !is_unrequired(pkg, config->op_q_unrequired)) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/* check if this pkg is outdated */