diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 09b31ad..66dd57a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -302,6 +302,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "brace-expand"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3adb80ee272c844254166ea32c8ae11c211b3639a293fdde41b1645b6be2c62"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.11.1"
@@ -1291,6 +1297,7 @@ name = "ofborg"
 version = "0.1.9"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
+ "brace-expand",
  "chrono",
  "either",
  "fs2",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3c35ba..e71452c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Example commit titles and the builds they will start:
 | `vim: 1.0.0 -> 2.0.0`                                                 | `vim`                                                    |
 | `vagrant: Fix dependencies for version 2.0.2 `                        | `vagrant`                                                |
 | `python36Packages.requests,python27Packages.requests: 1.0.0 -> 2.0.0` | `python36Packages.requests`, `python27Packages.requests` |
-| `python{2,3}Packages.requests: 1.0.0 -> 2.0.0`                        | _nothing_                                                |
+| `python{2,3}Packages.requests: 1.0.0 -> 2.0.0`                        | `python2Packages.requests`, `python3Packages.requests`   |
 
 When opening a PR with multiple commits, ofborg creates a single build job for
 all detected packages. If multiple commits get pushed to a PR one-by-one, each
diff --git a/ofborg/Cargo.toml b/ofborg/Cargo.toml
index 9029188..b919528 100644
--- a/ofborg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ofborg/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-std = { version = "=1.12.0", features = ["unstable", "tokio1"] }
+brace-expand = "0.1.0"
 chrono = "0.4.22"
 either = "1.8.0"
 fs2 = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/ofborg/src/tasks/eval/nixpkgs.rs b/ofborg/src/tasks/eval/nixpkgs.rs
index 7f49b5c..5ffaa9c 100644
--- a/ofborg/src/tasks/eval/nixpkgs.rs
+++ b/ofborg/src/tasks/eval/nixpkgs.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use crate::tasks::evaluate::{get_prefix, make_gist, update_labels};
 
 use std::path::Path;
 
+use brace_expand::brace_expand;
 use chrono::Utc;
 use hubcaps::checks::{CheckRunOptions, CheckRunState, Conclusion, Output};
 use hubcaps::gists::Gists;
@@ -623,17 +624,9 @@ fn parse_commit_messages(messages: &[String]) -> Vec<String> {
         .iter()
         .filter_map(|line| {
             // Convert "foo: some notes" in to "foo"
-            let parts: Vec<&str> = line.splitn(2, ':').collect();
-            if parts.len() == 2 {
-                Some(parts[0])
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        })
-        .flat_map(|line| {
-            let pkgs: Vec<&str> = line.split(',').collect();
-            pkgs
+            line.split_once(':').map(|(pre, _)| pre.trim())
         })
+        .flat_map(|line| brace_expand(&format!("{{{}}}", line)))
         .map(|line| line.trim().to_owned())
         .collect()
 }
@@ -646,8 +639,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_commit_messages() {
         let expect: Vec<&str> = vec![
-            "firefox{-esr", // don't support such fancy syntax
-            "}",            // Don't support such fancy syntax
+            "firefox-esr",
+            "firefox",
             "firefox",
             "buildkite-agent",
             "python.pkgs.ptyprocess",
@@ -655,6 +648,11 @@ mod tests {
             "android-studio-preview",
             "foo",
             "bar",
+            "firefox",
+            "firefox-bin",
+            "firefox-beta",
+            "firefox-beta-bin",
+            "librewolf",
         ];
         assert_eq!(
             parse_commit_messages(
@@ -671,6 +669,7 @@ mod tests {
               Merge pull request #34188 from dotlambda/home-assistant
               Merge pull request #34414 from dotlambda/postfix
               foo,bar: something here: yeah
+              firefox{,-beta}{,-bin}, librewolf: blah blah blah
             "
                 .lines()
                 .map(|l| l.to_owned())