diff -r dee30d35e5e7 -r 30ba44276e74 finch/gntrequest.c
--- a/finch/gntrequest.c	Mon Jun 12 01:00:04 2017 +0000
+++ b/finch/gntrequest.c	Mon Jun 12 17:48:37 2017 -0300
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 		gnt_entry_set_always_suggest(GNT_ENTRY(entry), TRUE);
 		if (username)
 			*username = entry;
-	} else if (hint && !strcmp(hint, "group")) {
+	} else if (purple_strequal(hint, "group")) {
 		PurpleBlistNode *node;
 		for (node = purple_blist_get_root(); node;
 				node = purple_blist_node_get_sibling_next(node)) {