diff --git a/lib/_emerge/depgraph.py b/lib/_emerge/depgraph.py
index 2acd8f2e13..ddef7bb0a1 100644
--- a/lib/_emerge/depgraph.py
+++ b/lib/_emerge/depgraph.py
@@ -6022,6 +6022,8 @@ def _virt_deps_visible(self, pkg, ignore_use=False):
 
         for atoms in rdepend.values():
             for atom in atoms:
+                if atom.blocker:
+                    continue
                 if ignore_use:
                     atom = atom.without_use
                 pkg, existing = self._select_package(pkg.root, atom)