diff --git a/bindep/depends.py b/bindep/depends.py
index cf6304c..abf91d5 100644
--- a/bindep/depends.py
+++ b/bindep/depends.py
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ class Pacman(Platform):
                 stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode(getpreferredencoding(False))
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             eoutput = e.output.decode(getpreferredencoding(False))
-            if e.returncode == 1 and eoutput.endswith('was not found'):
+            if e.returncode == 1 and eoutput.strip().endswith('was not found'):
                 return None
             raise
         # output looks like