diff --git a/pmb/build/_package.py b/pmb/build/_package.py
index 97e3d382..3a0c711e 100644
--- a/pmb/build/_package.py
+++ b/pmb/build/_package.py
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ def process_package(
     if base_build_status.necessary():
         queue_build(base_aports, base_apkbuild, base_depends)
 
+    # Also traverse subpackage depends, they shouldn't be included in base_depends since they
+    # aren't needed for building (and can conflict with depends for other subpackages)
+    depends += sum(
+        map(lambda sp: sp["depends"] if sp else [], base_apkbuild["subpackages"].values()), []
+    )
+
     parent = pkgname
     while len(depends):
         # FIXME: pop(0) is really quite slow!