diff --git a/lib/_emerge/depgraph.py b/lib/_emerge/depgraph.py
index 1a5448c8f..3816a8b6e 100644
--- a/lib/_emerge/depgraph.py
+++ b/lib/_emerge/depgraph.py
@@ -3861,10 +3861,12 @@ class depgraph(object):
 		necessary.
 		"""
 		disjunctions = []
+		disjunctions_appended = False
 		for x in dep_struct:
 			if isinstance(x, list):
 				if x and x[0] == "||":
 					disjunctions.append(x)
+					disjunctions_appended = True
 				else:
 					for y in self._queue_disjunctive_deps(
 						pkg, dep_root, dep_priority, x):
@@ -3874,6 +3876,10 @@ class depgraph(object):
 				# or whatever other metadata gets implemented for this
 				# purpose.
 				if x.cp.startswith('virtual/'):
+					if disjunctions_appended:
+						self._queue_disjunction(
+						pkg, dep_root, dep_priority, disjunctions)
+						disjunctions = []
 					disjunctions.append(x)
 				else:
 					yield x