diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodelist b/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
index fdd354f7..14b3fc87 100644
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ if path.startswith('/opt'):
     sys.path.append(path)
 
 import confluent.client as client
+
+
+def attrrequested(attr, attrlist, seenattributes):
+    for candidate in attrlist:
+        truename = candidate
+        if candidate.startswith('hm'):
+            candidate = candidate.replace('hm', 'hardwaremanagement', 1)
+        if candidate == attr:
+            seenattributes.add(truename)
+            return True
+        elif '.' not in candidate and attr.startswith(candidate + '.'):
+            seenattributes.add(truename)
+            return True
+    return False
 argparser = optparse.OptionParser(
     usage="Usage: %prog [options] noderange [list of attributes")
 argparser.add_option('-b', '--blame', action='store_true',
@@ -50,7 +64,7 @@ if len(args) > 1:
             for attr in res['databynode'][node]:
                 seenattributes.add(attr)
                 currattr = res['databynode'][node][attr]
-                if attr in args[1:]:
+                if attrrequested(attr, args[1:], seenattributes):
                     if 'value' in currattr:
                         if currattr['value'] is not None:
                            attrout = '{0}: {1}: {2}'.format(