diff --git a/ps/common.h b/ps/common.h
index 31a2c566..8c61eb8e 100644
--- a/ps/common.h
+++ b/ps/common.h
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ typedef union sel_union {
   uid_t uid;
   gid_t gid;
   dev_t tty;
-  char  cmd[16];  /* this is _not_ \0 terminated */
+  char  cmd[64];  /* this is _not_ \0 terminated */
 } sel_union;
 
 typedef struct selection_node {
diff --git a/ps/select.c b/ps/select.c
index 9b36cfd7..79a7038c 100644
--- a/ps/select.c
+++ b/ps/select.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int proc_was_listed(proc_t *buf){
     break; case SEL_SESS: return_if_match(rSv(ID_SESSION, s_int, buf),pid);
 
     break; case SEL_COMM: i=sn->n; while(i--)
-    if(!strncmp( rSv(CMD, str, buf), (*(sn->u+i)).cmd, 15 )) return 1;
+    if(!strncmp( rSv(CMD, str, buf), (*(sn->u+i)).cmd, 63 )) return 1;
 
 #undef return_if_match