2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/main.c b/src/firejail/main.c
index 4cb87aaa6..4eb92658c 100644
--- a/src/firejail/main.c
+++ b/src/firejail/main.c
@@ -1495,7 +1495,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         if (!ppath)
                                 errExit("strdup");
 
-                        if (access(ppath, R_OK)) {
+                        if (*ppath == ':' || access(ppath, R_OK) || is_dir(ppath)) {
+                                int has_colon = (*ppath == ':');
                                 char *ptr = ppath;
                                 while (*ptr != '/' && *ptr != '.' && *ptr != '\0')
                                         ptr++;
@@ -1508,7 +1509,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
                                 // profile was not read in previously, try to see if
                                 // we were given a profile name.
-                                if (!profile_find_firejail(ppath, 1)) {
+                                if (!profile_find_firejail(ppath + has_colon, 1)) {
                                         // do not fall through to default profile,
                                         // because the user should be notified that
                                         // given profile arg could not be used.
diff --git a/src/man/firejail.txt b/src/man/firejail.txt
index 9eb290fef..e7917737e 100644
--- a/src/man/firejail.txt
+++ b/src/man/firejail.txt
@@ -2718,7 +2718,7 @@ The owner of the sandbox.
 Several command line options can be passed to the program using
 profile files. Firejail chooses the profile file as follows:
 
-1. If a profile file is provided by the user with --profile option, the profile file is loaded. If a profile name is given, it is searched for first in the ~/.config/firejail directory and if not found then in  /etc/firejail directory. Profile names do not include the .profile suffix.
+1. If a profile file is provided by the user with --profile=FILE option, the profile FILE is loaded. If a profile name is given, it is searched for first in the ~/.config/firejail directory and if not found then in  /etc/firejail directory. Profile names do not include the .profile suffix. If there is a file with the same name as the given profile name, it will be used instead of doing the profile search. To force a profile search, prefix the profile name with a colon (:), eg. --profile=:PROFILE_NAME.
 Example:
 .PP
 .RS