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diff --git a/gnu/packages.scm b/gnu/packages.scm
index 48390575ba..acb247e114 100644
--- a/gnu/packages.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages.scm
@@ -534,14 +534,18 @@ optionally contain a version number and an output name, as in these examples:
guile@2.0.9:debug
If SPEC does not specify a version number, return the preferred newest
-version; if SPEC does not specify an output, return OUTPUT."
+version; if SPEC does not specify an output, return OUTPUT.
+
+When OUTPUT is false and SPEC does not specify any output, return #f as the
+output."
(let-values (((name version sub-drv)
(package-specification->name+version+output spec output)))
(match (%find-package spec name version)
(#f
(values #f #f))
(package
- (if (member sub-drv (package-outputs package))
+ (if (or (and (not output) (not sub-drv))
+ (member sub-drv (package-outputs package)))
(values package sub-drv)
(leave (G_ "package `~a' lacks output `~a'~%")
(package-full-name package)