Index: equery
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--- equery	(revision 525)
+++ equery	(revision 526)
@@ -1625,6 +1625,7 @@
 				status = 2
 
 			useflags = pkg.get_env_var("IUSE").split()
+			useflags = [f.lstrip("+-") for f in useflags]
 
 			if query not in useflags:
 				continue