diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e62fc93..d29c779f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ install: config packages
 config: $(CONFIG_TARGETS) zsh ssh nvim
 
 packages:
-	sudo pacman --needed -S - < pkglist.txt
+	pacman -T - < pkglist.txt || sudo pacman --needed -S - < pkglist.txt
 
 clean:
 	for link in $(CONFIG_TARGETS); do rm "$$link"; done