diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 55d2950..c35fa39 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.4.27
+####  version: 0.4.28
 ####  Date: November 10 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -616,8 +616,9 @@ get_start_client()
 		# handles the xchat/sh/bash/dash cases, and the konversation/perl cases, where clients
 		# report themselves as perl or unknown shell. IE:  when konversation starts inxi
 		# from inside itself, as a script, the parent is konversation/xchat, not perl/bash etc
+		# note: perl can report as: perl5.10.0, so it needs wildcard handling
 		case $app_working_name in
-			bash|dash|sh|perl)	# We want to know who wrapped it into the shell or perl.
+			bash|dash|sh|perl*)	# We want to know who wrapped it into the shell or perl.
 				pppid="$( ps -p $PPID -o ppid --no-headers | sed 's/ //g' )"
 				if [[ -n $pppid && -f /proc/$pppid/exe ]];then
 					irc_client_path="$( readlink /proc/$pppid/exe )"
@@ -742,7 +743,7 @@ get_start_client()
 				}' )"
 				IRC_CLIENT="Kopete"
 				;;
-			perl|ksirc|dsirc)
+			perl*|ksirc|dsirc)
 				unset IRC_CLIENT_VERSION
 				# KSirc is one of the possibilities now. KSirc is a wrapper around dsirc, a perl client
 				get_cmdline $PPID