diff --git a/make-ring.py b/make-ring.py
index 8b395fb5cec595e9adfd1ef651845d4e7b864e33..da1ab6cb320998fb241d7be5ea7ee47ea27308bf 100755
--- a/make-ring.py
+++ b/make-ring.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ RPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT = [
 
 PACMAN_INSTALL_SCRIPT = [
     'pacman -Sy',
-    'pacman -S %(packages)s'
+    'pacman -S --asdeps --needed %(packages)s'
 ]
 
 ZYPPER_INSTALL_SCRIPT = [