diff --git a/guix/scripts/style.scm b/guix/scripts/style.scm
index 4b704ddfb7e..6f07f6c3b9e 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/style.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/style.scm
@@ -503,13 +503,14 @@ top-level package definitions in alphabetical order.  Packages which
 share a name are placed with versions in descending order."
   (define (package-fields pkg)
     (match pkg
-      ((('define-public _ expr) _ ...)
+      ((('define-public pkg _ ... (or ('let _ expr) expr)) _ ...)
        (match expr
-         ((or ('package _ ('name name) ('version version) _ ...)
-              ('package ('name name) ('version version) _ ...))
-          (values name version))
-         (_ (values #f #f))))
-      (_ (values #f #f))))
+         (((or 'package 'package/inherit) fields ...)
+          (let ((name (and=> (assoc-ref fields 'name) first))
+                (version (and=> (assoc-ref fields 'version) first)))
+            (values name version)))
+         (_ (and (values #f #f)))))
+      (_ (and (values #f #f)))))
 
   (define (package>? lst1 lst2)
     (let-values (((name1 version1) (package-fields lst1))
diff --git a/tests/guix-style.sh b/tests/guix-style.sh
index 93331394353..703e148b699 100644
--- a/tests/guix-style.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-style.sh
@@ -65,10 +65,16 @@ cat > "$tmpfile" <<EOF
     (name "bar")
     (version "2")))
 
+(define-public pkg-baz
+  (let ()
+    (package
+      (name "baz")
+      (version "2"))))
+
 ;; The comment below belongs to the foo package.
 (define-public pkg
-  (package
-    (name "bar")
+  (package/inherit pkg-baz
+    (name "baz")
     (version "1")))
 ;; Incomplete package definitions in alphabetical order.