diff --git a/nvchecker/source/pacman.py b/nvchecker/source/pacman.py
index b9c43b3..baf12f8 100644
--- a/nvchecker/source/pacman.py
+++ b/nvchecker/source/pacman.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from . import cmd
 
 def get_version(name, conf, callback):
-  referree = conf['pacman']
+  referree = conf.get('pacman') or name
   c = "LANG=C pacman -Si %s | grep -F Version | awk '{print $3}'" % referree
   conf['cmd'] = c
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pacman.py b/tests/test_pacman.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62b8d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pacman.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import shutil
+import pytest
+from tests.helper import ExternalVersionTestCase
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which("pacman") is None,
+                    reason="requires pacman command")
+class PacmanTest(ExternalVersionTestCase):
+    def test_pacman(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("ipw2100-fw", {"pacman": None}), "1.3-7")
+
+    def test_pacman_strip_release(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.sync_get_version("ipw2100-fw", {"pacman": None, "strip-release": 1}), "1.3")