diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index 7b7ca4e7..3836d608 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ typedef enum _pmtransconv_t {
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_REPLACE_PKG = 0x02,
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_CONFLICT_PKG = 0x04,
 	PM_TRANS_CONV_CORRUPTED_PKG = 0x08,
-	PM_TRANS_CONV_LOCAL_NEWER = 0x10
+	PM_TRANS_CONV_LOCAL_NEWER = 0x10,
+	PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_PKGS = 0x20,
 } pmtransconv_t;
 
 /* Transaction Progress */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 41d2a83f..ebcd18dd 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_resolvedep(pmdepend_t *dep, alpm_list_t *dbs, alpm_list_t *exclud
 			             !_alpm_pkg_find(excluding, pkg->name)) {
 				if(_alpm_pkg_should_ignore(pkg)) {
 					int install;
-					QUESTION(handle->trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG, pkg,
-				                 tpkg, NULL, &install);
+					QUESTION(handle->trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_INSTALL_IGNOREPKG,
+								pkg, tpkg, NULL, &install);
 					if(!install) {
 						continue;
 					}
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmdb_t *local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, pmpkg_t *pkg,
 			if(!spkg) {
 				pm_errno = PM_ERR_UNSATISFIED_DEPS;
 				char *missdepstring = alpm_dep_compute_string(missdep);
-				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("cannot resolve \"%s\", a dependency of \"%s\"\n"),
+				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("cannot resolve \"%s\", a dependency of \"%s\"\n"),
 			                               missdepstring, tpkg->name);
 				free(missdepstring);
 				if(data) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 5e5ca92e..eefca7f9 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -442,12 +442,26 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			   dependencies not already on the list */
 		}
 
-		/* If there were unresolvable top-level packages, fail the
-		   transaction. */
+		/* If there were unresolvable top-level packages, prompt the user to
+		   see if they'd like to ignore them rather than failing the sync */
 		if(unresolvable != NULL) {
-			/* pm_errno is set by resolvedeps */
-			ret = -1;
-			goto cleanup;
+			int remove_unresolvable = 0;
+			QUESTION(handle->trans, PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_PKGS, unresolvable,
+					NULL, NULL, &remove_unresolvable);
+			if (remove_unresolvable) {
+				/* User wants to remove the unresolvable packages from the
+				   transaction, so simply drop the unresolvable list.  The
+				   packages will be removed from the actual transaction when
+				   the transaction packages are replaced with a
+				   dependency-reordered list below */
+				alpm_list_free(unresolvable);
+				unresolvable = NULL;
+			}
+			else {
+				/* pm_errno is set by resolvedeps */
+				ret = -1;
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/* Add all packages which were "pulled" (i.e. weren't already in the
diff --git a/pactest/tests/provision020.py b/pactest/tests/provision020.py
index 7cb0a01b..c9c0ac36 100644
--- a/pactest/tests/provision020.py
+++ b/pactest/tests/provision020.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ self.addpkg2db("local", lp)
 
 self.args = "-S %s" % p.name
 
-self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=1")
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
 self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg1")
 self.addrule("PKG_EXIST=pkg2")
diff --git a/pactest/tests/provision022.py b/pactest/tests/provision022.py
index 4883d428..190a8b66 100644
--- a/pactest/tests/provision022.py
+++ b/pactest/tests/provision022.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ self.addpkg2db("local", lp)
 
 self.args = "-S %s" % p.name
 
-self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=1")
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
 self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg1")
 self.addrule("PKG_EXIST=pkg2")
diff --git a/pactest/tests/sync1008.py b/pactest/tests/sync1008.py
index a6064597..90c61dfb 100644
--- a/pactest/tests/sync1008.py
+++ b/pactest/tests/sync1008.py
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ self.addpkg2db("sync1", sp3)
 
 self.args = "-S pkg"
 
-self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=1")
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
 self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg")
 self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=cpkg")
diff --git a/pactest/tests/sync300.py b/pactest/tests/sync300.py
index 31b520a8..36d6758a 100644
--- a/pactest/tests/sync300.py
+++ b/pactest/tests/sync300.py
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ self.addpkg2db("sync", sp2)
 
 self.args = "-S %s" % sp1.name
 
-self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=1")
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
 self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg1")
 self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg2")
diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
index 6e7930cb..10e26188 100644
--- a/src/pacman/callback.c
+++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
@@ -270,6 +270,22 @@ void cb_trans_conv(pmtransconv_t event, void *data1, void *data2,
 					(char *)data2,
 					(char *)data2);
 			break;
+		case PM_TRANS_CONV_REMOVE_PKGS:
+			{
+				alpm_list_t *unresolved = (alpm_list_t *) data1;
+				alpm_list_t *namelist = NULL, *i;
+				for (i = unresolved; i; i = i->next) {
+					namelist = alpm_list_add(namelist,
+							(char *)alpm_pkg_get_name(i->data));
+				}
+				printf(":: the following package(s) cannot be upgraded due to "
+						"unresolvable dependencies:\n");
+				list_display("     ", namelist);
+				*response = yesno(_("\nDo you want to skip the above "
+							"package(s) for this upgrade?"));
+				alpm_list_free(namelist);
+			}
+			break;
 		case PM_TRANS_CONV_LOCAL_NEWER:
 			if(!config->op_s_downloadonly) {
 				*response = yesno(_(":: %s-%s: local version is newer. Upgrade anyway?"),