diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
index 65196e99..7b3d824d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
@@ -387,12 +387,28 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 				break;
 			}
 			_alpm_strtrim(line);
-			if(strcmp(line, "%FILENAME%") == 0) {
+			if(strcmp(line, "%NAME%") == 0) {
+				if(fgets(line, 512, fp) == NULL) {
+					goto error;
+				}
+				if(strcmp(_alpm_strtrim(line), info->name) != 0) {
+					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("%s database is inconsistent: name "
+								"mismatch on package %s\n"), db->treename, info->name);
+				}
+			} else if(strcmp(line, "%VERSION%") == 0) {
+				if(fgets(line, 512, fp) == NULL) {
+					goto error;
+				}
+				if(strcmp(_alpm_strtrim(line), info->version) != 0) {
+					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("%s database is inconsistent: version "
+								"mismatch on package %s\n"), db->treename, info->name);
+				}
+			} else if(strcmp(line, "%FILENAME%") == 0) {
 				if(fgets(line, 512, fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}
 				STRDUP(info->filename, _alpm_strtrim(line), goto error);
-		  } else if(strcmp(line, "%DESC%") == 0) {
+			} else if(strcmp(line, "%DESC%") == 0) {
 				if(fgets(line, 512, fp) == NULL) {
 					goto error;
 				}