diff --git a/pym/portage.py b/pym/portage.py
index a69f1b2..88f9535 100644
--- a/pym/portage.py
+++ b/pym/portage.py
@@ -1591,6 +1591,9 @@ class config:
 		virts = flatten(portage_dep.use_reduce(portage_dep.paren_reduce(provides), uselist=myuse.split()))
 
 		cp = dep_getkey(mycpv)
+		if cp.startswith("virtual/"):
+			# Bridge new-style virtual into old-style.
+			virts.append(cp)
 		for virt in virts:
 			virt = dep_getkey(virt)
 			if not self.treeVirtuals.has_key(virt):
@@ -1829,7 +1832,13 @@ class config:
 					ptVirtuals.setdefault(virt, [])
 					ptVirtuals[virt].append(cp)
 
-		return stack_dictlist([ptVirtuals, self.treeVirtuals, self.dirVirtuals])
+		virtuals = stack_dictlist([ptVirtuals, self.treeVirtuals,
+			self.dirVirtuals])
+		# Bridge new-style virtuals into old-style.
+		for k, v in virtuals.iteritems():
+			if k not in v:
+				v.append(k)
+		return virtuals
 
 	def __delitem__(self,mykey):
 		self.modifying()
@@ -4651,6 +4660,9 @@ class vartree(packagetree):
 					if not mys:
 						mys = string.split(myprovide, "/")
 					myprovides += [mys[0] + "/" + mys[1]]
+			if mycpv.startswith("virtual/"):
+				# Bridge new-style virtual into old-style.
+				myprovides.append(dep_getkey(mycpv))
 			return myprovides
 		except SystemExit, e:
 			raise