diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e49d03a3..e5ca27f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ## [0.9.9]
 ### Fixes
 - Arch:
+    - search: not able to find installed packages that were renamed on the repositories (e.g: xapps -> xapp)
     - AUR: not able to find some repository dependencies when their names are not an exact match (e.g: sc-controller [0.4.7-1] relies on "pylibacl". This dependency now is called "python-pylibacl")
 
 ## [0.9.8] 2020-10-02
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/controller.py b/bauh/gems/arch/controller.py
index 478e7c9f..3d768ca2 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/controller.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/controller.py
@@ -346,15 +346,15 @@ class ArchManager(SoftwareManager):
 
     def _search_in_repos_and_fill(self, words: str, disk_loader: DiskCacheLoader, read_installed: Thread, installed: List[ArchPackage], res: SearchResult):
         repo_search = pacman.search(words)
+        pkgname = words.split(' ')[0].strip()
 
-        if not repo_search:  # the package may not be mapped on the databases anymore
-            pkgname = words.split(' ')[0].strip()
+        if not repo_search or pkgname not in repo_search:
             pkg_found = pacman.get_info_dict(pkgname, remote=False)
 
-            if pkg_found and pkg_found['validated by']:
-                repo_search = {pkgname: {'version': pkg_found.get('version'),
-                                         'repository': 'unknown',
-                                         'description': pkg_found.get('description')}}
+            if pkg_found and pkg_found['validated by'] and pkg_found['name'] not in repo_search:
+                repo_search[pkgname] = {'version': pkg_found.get('version'),
+                                        'repository': 'unknown',
+                                        'description': pkg_found.get('description')}
 
         if repo_search:
             repo_pkgs = []
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/pacman.py b/bauh/gems/arch/pacman.py
index 0eb36791..0f475477 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/pacman.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/pacman.py
@@ -429,8 +429,9 @@ def get_build_date(pkgname: str) -> str:
 def search(words: str) -> Dict[str, dict]:
     output = run_cmd('pacman -Ss ' + words, print_error=False)
 
+    found = {}
     if output:
-        found, current = {}, {}
+        current = {}
         for l in output.split('\n'):
             if l:
                 if l.startswith(' '):
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ def search(words: str) -> Dict[str, dict]:
 
                     version = data_split[1].split(':')
                     current['version'] = version[0] if len(version) == 1 else version[1]
-        return found
+    return found
 
 
 def get_databases() -> Set[str]: