diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 176037c3..c722fa1a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ byobu (4.34) unreleased; urgency=low
     - fix regressed monochrome support
   * usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/share/byobu/status/status:
     - proper fix for ec2 by default in cloud instances
+  * usr/bin/byobu-select-session: LP: #855795
+    - fix broken select-session support; screen -ls exits 1
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:26:43 -0700
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-select-session b/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
index 2b671135..01cf6b6c 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def get_sessions():
 	i = 0
 	if commands.getstatusoutput("command -v screen")[0] == 0:
 		output = commands.getstatusoutput("screen -ls")
-	 	if output[0] == 0:
+	 	if output[0] >= 0:
 			for s in output[1].split("\n"):
 				s = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', s)
 				# Ignore hidden sessions (named sessions that start with a ".")