diff --git a/irc/proto/src/parse.rs b/irc/proto/src/parse.rs
index 62c0b389e..a2de75e2a 100644
--- a/irc/proto/src/parse.rs
+++ b/irc/proto/src/parse.rs
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ fn space(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, ()> {
 fn user(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, User> {
     // <sequence of any characters except NUL, CR, LF, and SPACE> and @
     let username = recognize(many1_count(none_of("\0\r\n @")));
-    // "-" "[", "]", "\", "`", "_", "^", "{", "|", "}"
-    let special = one_of("-[]\\`_^{|}");
+    // "-", "[", "]", "\", "`", "_", "^", "{", "|", "}", "*"
+    let special = one_of("-[]\\`_^{|}*");
     // *( <letter> | <number> | <special> )
     let nickname = recognize(many1_count(alt((
         satisfy(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric()),