diff -r 1a294a6d2a57 -r 9a6551eba09c finch/gntrequest.c
--- a/finch/gntrequest.c	Thu Mar 23 19:37:57 2017 +0300
+++ b/finch/gntrequest.c	Thu Mar 23 21:01:15 2017 +0300
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
 		gnt_entry_set_always_suggest(GNT_ENTRY(entry), TRUE);
 		if (username)
 			*username = entry;
-	} else if (hint && !strcmp(hint, "group")) {
+	} else if (hint && purple_strequal(hint, "group")) {
 		PurpleBlistNode *node;
 		for (node = purple_blist_get_root(); node;
 				node = purple_blist_node_get_sibling_next(node)) {