diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 514f8efc..9dfd42f4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ procps-ng NEXT
   * pgrep: Add older than selection                        merge #79
   * pidof: show worker threads                             Redhat #1803640
   * ps.1: Mention stime alias                              issue #164
+  * ps: check also match on truncated 16 char comm names
   * sysctl: Match systemd directory order
   * sysctl: Document directory order                       Debian #951550
   * top: ensure config file backward compatibility         Debian #951335
diff --git a/ps/select.c b/ps/select.c
index f58ca253..e26f2f19 100644
--- a/ps/select.c
+++ b/ps/select.c
@@ -116,11 +116,15 @@ static int proc_was_listed(proc_t *buf){
     break; case SEL_TTY : return_if_match(tty,tty);
     break; case SEL_SESS: return_if_match(session,pid);
 
-    break; case SEL_COMM: i=sn->n; while(i--)
-    if(!strncmp( buf->cmd, (*(sn->u+i)).cmd, 63 )) return 1;
-
-
-
+    break;
+    case SEL_COMM:
+	i=sn->n;
+	while(i--) {
+	    /* special case, comm is 16 characters but match is longer */
+	    if (strlen(buf->cmd) == 15 && strlen((*(sn->u+i)).cmd) >= 15)
+		if(!strncmp( buf->cmd, (*(sn->u+i)).cmd, 15 )) return 1;
+	    if(!strncmp( buf->cmd, (*(sn->u+i)).cmd, 63 )) return 1;
+	}
 #undef return_if_match
 
     }