diff --git a/pym/update/emerge_parser.py b/pym/update/emerge_parser.py
index 143fa9f..e288c40 100644
--- a/pym/update/emerge_parser.py
+++ b/pym/update/emerge_parser.py
@@ -447,7 +447,8 @@ class InstallingPackage(NotifierInformationBlock):
         "of {c}(\d+){c}\) {c}([^\s\033]+){c}".format(c=_color_block))
 
     def notify(self, observer, groups):
-        binary = bool(self.binary and groups[2] in self.binary)
+        strpkg = str(EmergePackage(groups[2]))
+        binary = bool(self.binary and strpkg in self.binary)
         observer(EmergePackage(groups[2]), binary=binary)
 
     def mark_binary(self, package):