diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm
index 90e7fa2298..79622ac149 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/package.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2016 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ processed, #f otherwise."
                                         (_              #f))
                                       opts)
                      (() (list %current-profile))
-                     (lst lst)))
+                     (lst (reverse lst))))
          (profile  (match profiles
                      ((head tail ...) head))))
     (match (assoc-ref opts 'query)
diff --git a/tests/guix-package-net.sh b/tests/guix-package-net.sh
index 35ef6ff1a0..1eff6abba3 100644
--- a/tests/guix-package-net.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-package-net.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-# Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+# Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 # Copyright © 2013 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
 #
 # This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ guix package --bootstrap -p "$profile_alt" -i gcc-bootstrap
 if guix package -p "$profile" --search-paths | grep LIBRARY_PATH
 then false; fi
 guix package -p "$profile" -p "$profile_alt" --search-paths \
-     | grep "LIBRARY_PATH.*$profile/lib"
+     | grep "LIBRARY_PATH.*$profile/lib.$profile_alt/lib"
 
 #
 # Try with the default profile.