diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
index 57f5b1304..a39dab36c 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
@@ -947,14 +947,16 @@ sub match_comment ($$;@) {
 	my $page = shift;
 	my $glob = shift;
 
-	# To see if it's a comment, check the source file type.
-	# Deal with comments that were just deleted.
-	my $source=exists $IkiWiki::pagesources{$page} ?
-		$IkiWiki::pagesources{$page} :
-		$IkiWiki::delpagesources{$page};
-	my $type=defined $source ? IkiWiki::pagetype($source) : undef;
-	if (! defined $type || $type ne "_comment") {
-		return IkiWiki::FailReason->new("$page is not a comment");
+	if (! $postcomment) {
+		# To see if it's a comment, check the source file type.
+		# Deal with comments that were just deleted.
+		my $source=exists $IkiWiki::pagesources{$page} ?
+			$IkiWiki::pagesources{$page} :
+			$IkiWiki::delpagesources{$page};
+		my $type=defined $source ? IkiWiki::pagetype($source) : undef;
+		if (! defined $type || $type ne "_comment") {
+			return IkiWiki::FailReason->new("$page is not a comment");
+		}
 	}
 
 	return match_glob($page, "$glob/*", internal => 1, @_);
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 91a678805..2c4c9274a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ ikiwiki (3.20101024) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     comments, but leave your blog posts unscrubbed, etc.
   * comments: Make postcomment() pagespec work when previewing a comment,
     including during moderation.
+  * comments: Make comment() pagespec also match comments that are being
+    posted.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:30:29 -0400