1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/ipc.c b/sway/commands/ipc.c
index 8a7b849f..f0b3035a 100644
--- a/sway/commands/ipc.c
+++ b/sway/commands/ipc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "sway/security.h"
@@ -18,8 +19,14 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_ipc(int argc, char **argv) {
                 return error;
         }
 
-        const char *program = argv[0];
+        char *program = NULL;
 
+        if (!strcmp(argv[0], "*")) {
+                program = strdup(argv[0]);
+        } else if (!(program = resolve_path(argv[0]))) {
+                return cmd_results_new(
+                                CMD_INVALID, "ipc", "Unable to resolve IPC Policy target.");
+        }
         if (config->reading && strcmp("{", argv[1]) != 0) {
                 return cmd_results_new(CMD_INVALID, "ipc",
                                 "Expected '{' at start of IPC config definition.");
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_ipc(int argc, char **argv) {
         current_policy = alloc_ipc_policy(program);
         list_add(config->ipc_policies, current_policy);
 
+        free(program);
         return cmd_results_new(CMD_BLOCK_IPC, NULL, NULL);
 }