diff --git a/client/solo/commands/_manage.py b/client/solo/commands/_manage.py
index aa61ca4eb..199daaa92 100644
--- a/client/solo/commands/_manage.py
+++ b/client/solo/commands/_manage.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from entropy.const import const_convert_to_unicode, etpConst, \
     const_debug_write, const_mkstemp
 from entropy.i18n import _, ngettext
 from entropy.output import darkgreen, blue, purple, teal, brown, bold, \
-    darkred, readtext, is_interactive
+    darkred, green, readtext, is_interactive
 from entropy.exceptions import EntropyPackageException, \
     DependenciesCollision, DependenciesNotFound
 from entropy.services.client import WebService
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ class SoloManage(SoloCommand):
             return None, None
 
         except DependenciesCollision as exc:
-            col_deps = exc.value
+            col_deps, pkg_revdeps = exc.value
 
             entropy_client.output(
                 "%s:" % (blue(_("Conflicting packages were pulled in")),),
@@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ class SoloManage(SoloCommand):
             entropy_client.output("", level="warning")
 
             for pkg_matches in col_deps:
-                for pkg_id, pkg_repo in pkg_matches:
+                for pkg_match in pkg_matches:
+                    pkg_id, pkg_repo = pkg_match
                     repo = entropy_client.open_repository(pkg_repo)
                     entropy_client.output(
                         "%s%s%s" % (
@@ -516,6 +517,33 @@ class SoloManage(SoloCommand):
                             purple(pkg_repo),),
                         header=brown("  # "),
                         level="warning")
+
+                    if not pkg_revdeps[pkg_match]:
+                        entropy_client.output(
+                            "(%s: %s)" % (
+                                green(_("required by")),
+                                # Conflicting dependencies could have been
+                                # specified by user, in which case they were
+                                # not pulled in by anything.
+                                teal(_("(no reverse dependencies)")),),
+                            header=blue("    "),
+                            level="info")
+                        continue
+
+                    for pkg_revdep in pkg_revdeps[pkg_match]:
+                        pkg_revdep_id, pkg_revdep_repo = pkg_revdep
+                        revdep_repo = \
+                                entropy_client.open_repository(pkg_revdep_repo)
+
+                        entropy_client.output(
+                            "(%s: %s%s%s)" % (
+                                green(_("required by")),
+                                teal(revdep_repo.retrieveAtom(pkg_revdep_id)),
+                                darkred(etpConst['entropyrepoprefix']),
+                                purple(pkg_revdep_repo),),
+                            header=blue("    "),
+                            level="info")
+
                 entropy_client.output("", level="warning")
 
             entropy_client.output(
diff --git a/lib/entropy/client/interfaces/dep.py b/lib/entropy/client/interfaces/dep.py
index 71f792906..52bc611c1 100644
--- a/lib/entropy/client/interfaces/dep.py
+++ b/lib/entropy/client/interfaces/dep.py
@@ -2287,6 +2287,7 @@ class CalculatorsMixin:
 
         # now check and report dependencies with colliding scope and in case,
         # raise DependenciesCollision, containing information about collisions
+        # and what requires the packages involved
         _dup_deps_collisions = {}
         for _level, _deps in deptree.items():
             for pkg_id, pkg_repo in _deps:
@@ -2295,9 +2296,18 @@ class CalculatorsMixin:
                 ks_set.add((pkg_id, pkg_repo))
         _colliding_deps = [x for x in _dup_deps_collisions.values() if \
             len(x) > 1]
+
         if _colliding_deps:
+            _pkg_revdeps = {}
+            for _pkg_matches in _colliding_deps:
+                for _pkg_match in _pkg_matches:
+                    _pkg_node = graph.get_node(_pkg_match)
+                    _pkg_revdeps[_pkg_match] = [x.origin().item() for \
+                        x in _pkg_node.arches() if \
+                        not _pkg_node.is_arch_outgoing(x)]
+
             graph.destroy()
-            raise DependenciesCollision(_colliding_deps)
+            raise DependenciesCollision((_colliding_deps, _pkg_revdeps))
 
         # now use the ASAP herustic to anticipate post-dependencies
         # as much as possible
@@ -3806,8 +3816,10 @@ class CalculatorsMixin:
         @raise DependenciesCollision: packages pulled in conflicting depedencies
             perhaps sharing the same key and slot (but different version).
             In this case, user should mask one or the other by hand.
-            The value encapsulated .value object attribute contains the list of
-            colliding package (list of lists).
+            The value encapsulated .value object attribute contains tuple of two
+            elements: the list of colliding package (list of lists), and a
+            dictionary with information about each package's (first level) reverse
+            dependencies
         @raise DependenciesNotFound: one or more dependencies required are not
             found. The encapsulated .value object attribute contains a list of
             not found dependencies.
diff --git a/lib/entropy/exceptions.py b/lib/entropy/exceptions.py
index a376c1337..ca5ce2d4c 100644
--- a/lib/entropy/exceptions.py
+++ b/lib/entropy/exceptions.py
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ class DependenciesCollision(EntropyException):
     """
     During dependencies calculation, dependencies were pulled in in the same
     "scope" (package key + package slot),
-    list of lists (set) of colliding dependencies are in the .value attribute
+    two-element tuple of:
+    list of lists (set) of colliding dependencies are in the .value attribute,
+    dictionary mapping dependency to its (first level) reverse dependency
     """
 
 class DependenciesNotRemovable(EntropyException):
diff --git a/rigo/RigoDaemon/app.py b/rigo/RigoDaemon/app.py
index 1bbe20e30..dcd249f40 100755
--- a/rigo/RigoDaemon/app.py
+++ b/rigo/RigoDaemon/app.py
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ class RigoDaemonService(dbus.service.Object):
         except DependenciesCollision as dcol:
             write_output(
                 "_process_upgrade_merge_action, DependenciesCollision: "
-                "%s" % (dcol,))
+                "%s" % (dcol[0],))
             outcome = \
                 AppTransactionOutcome.DEPENDENCIES_COLLISION_ERROR
             return outcome
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ class RigoDaemonService(dbus.service.Object):
             except DependenciesCollision as dcol:
                 write_output(
                     "_process_install_action, DependenciesCollision: "
-                    "%s" % (dcol,))
+                    "%s" % (dcol[0],))
                 # this should never happen since client executes this
                 # before us
                 outcome = \