diff --git a/asu/util.py b/asu/util.py
index be1037d3..17ddbb8b 100644
--- a/asu/util.py
+++ b/asu/util.py
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ def get_request_hash(build_request: BuildRequest) -> str:
                 build_request.version_code,
                 build_request.target,
                 build_request.profile.replace(",", "_"),
-                get_packages_hash(build_request.packages),
+                get_packages_hash(
+                    build_request.packages_versions.keys() or build_request.packages
+                ),
                 get_manifest_hash(build_request.packages_versions),
                 str(build_request.diff_packages),
                 "",  # build_request.filesystem
@@ -166,7 +168,19 @@ def get_packages_hash(packages: list[str]) -> str:
     Returns:
         str: hash of `req`
     """
-    return get_str_hash(" ".join(sorted(list(set(packages)))))
+    return get_str_hash(
+        " ".join(
+            sorted(
+                list(
+                    set(
+                        get_packages_hash(
+                            x.removeprefix("+") for x in (build_request.packages)
+                        ),
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+        )
+    )
 
 
 def fingerprint_pubkey_usign(pubkey: str) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index b9746e30..9e994d58 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ def test_api_build_request_hash(client):
         profile="testprofile",
     )
 
-    case12hash = "8d8e0aa2fd95bb75dba4aff4279dd6f976a40ad17300927d54b8a9a9b0576306"
-    case34hash = "6b1645013216da39ee09deae75b87b0636f3c50648b037750b0a80448ce5c7ca"
+    case12hash = "000315ebb40566079ad33725b46ac857a57c8fa24aba56728fa4209955e4a5e2"
+    case34hash = "551a84817b4d2c094666bc7309bf502f6df830a8d2bfa84a48c2bec4ab92f968"
 
     # Case 1 - diff_packages=True, first package ordering
     json["diff_packages"] = True
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ def test_api_build_defaults_filled_allowed(app):
     data = response.json()
     assert (
         data["request_hash"]
-        == "9c8d0cd7d9ec208a233b954edb20c3c20b5c11103bb7f5f1ebface565f8c6720"
+        == "c4d60f93797308a12e81b65b8c53864f2318442a0dbbadc52233a9861e2565f6"
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index c7647dce..e260a463 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_get_request_hash():
 
     assert (
         get_request_hash(request)
-        == "99ff721439cd696f7da259541a07d7bfc7eb6c45a844db532e0384b464e23f46"
+        == "f43f92cde2bd49cfb1d8b606d8c791d3e68823eeb6040ef6c1e0a5d4ffa99069"
     )