diff --git a/dracut.changes b/dracut.changes
index 2b3ef77..6ab5d08 100644
--- a/dracut.changes
+++ b/dracut.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 28 20:09:28 UTC 2019 - Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
+
+- Handle non-versioned dependency in purge-kernels.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 25 14:51:07 UTC 2019 - Daniel Molkentin <daniel.molkentin@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/purge-kernels b/purge-kernels
index 7ac10e3..141ae3c 100644
--- a/purge-kernels
+++ b/purge-kernels
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ sub find_package {
 	my $name = shift @_;
 	my $version = shift @_;
 	my @packages = @_;
-	my $expr = "^" . quotemeta("$name-$version");
+	my $expr = "^" . quotemeta($version ? "$name-$version" : $name);
 	my @found = grep { $_ =~ $expr } @packages;
 	return @found if @found;
 	$expr = "^" . quotemeta($name) . " = " . quotemeta($version) . "\$";
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ sub remove_packages {
 				push(@packages, $1) unless $new_packages{$1};
 				$new_packages{$1} = 1;
 				$retry = 1;
-			} elsif (/([^ \t]*) = ([^ \t]*) is needed by \(installed\) /) {
+			} elsif (/([^ \t]*)(?: = ([^ \t]*))? is needed by \(installed\) /) {
 				my @unremovable = find_package($1, $2, @packages);
 				my $match = $unremovable[$#unremovable];
 				if ($match) {
 					print STDERR "$0: $_\n";
-					print STDERR "$0: Keeping $1 = $2 ($match)\n";
+					print STDERR "$0: Keeping " . ($2 ? "$1 = $2" : $1) . " ($match)\n";
 					@packages = grep { $_ !~ $match } @packages;
 					$taboo_packages{$match} = 1;
 					$retry = 1;