diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index b9097bb5a..5ee3bdfbc 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1726,6 +1726,7 @@ sub match_source_dev( $ ) {
     return '' if $interface eq '+';
     my $interfaceref =  known_interface( $interface );
     if ( $interfaceref && $interfaceref->{options}{port} ) {
+	$interface =~ s/\++/+/;
 	"-i $interfaceref->{bridge} -m physdev --physdev-in $interface ";
     } else {
 	"-i $interface ";
@@ -1741,6 +1742,7 @@ sub match_dest_dev( $ ) {
     my $interfaceref =  known_interface( $interface );
     if ( $interfaceref && $interfaceref->{options}{port} ) {
 	if ( $capabilities{PHYSDEV_BRIDGE} ) {
+	    $interface =~ s/\++/+/;
 	    "-o $interfaceref->{bridge} -m physdev --physdev-is-bridged --physdev-out $interface ";
 	} else {
 	    "-o $interfaceref->{bridge} -m physdev --physdev-out $interface ";
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
index 1ada59bfd..bc1ce22a0 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
@@ -503,6 +503,9 @@ sub zone_report()
 			if ( $hosts ) {
 			    my $grouplist = join ',', ( @$hosts );
 			    $grouplist = join '!', ( $grouplist, $exclusions) if $exclusions;
+		
+			    $interface =~ s/\++/+/;
+
 			    if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
 				progress_message_nocompress "      $interface:$grouplist";
 			    } else {
@@ -560,6 +563,8 @@ sub dump_zone_contents()
 
 			    $grouplist = join '!', ( $grouplist, $exclusions ) if $exclusions;
 
+			    $interface =~ s/\++/+/;
+
 			    if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
 				$entry .= " $interface:$grouplist";
 			    } else {
@@ -733,7 +738,18 @@ sub process_interface( $ ) {
 	fatal_error qq("Virtual" interfaces are not supported -- see http://www.shorewall.net/Shorewall_and_Aliased_Interfaces.html) if $port =~ /^\d+$/;
 	require_capability( 'PHYSDEV_MATCH', 'Bridge Ports', '');
 	fatal_error "Your iptables is not recent enough to support bridge ports" unless $capabilities{KLUDGEFREE};
-	fatal_error "Duplicate Interface ($port)" if $interfaces{$port};
+
+	fatal_error "Invalid Interface Name ($interface:$port)" unless $port eq '' || $port =~ /^[\w.@%-]+\+?$/;
+
+	if ( $port =~ /\+$/ ) {
+	    while ( $interfaces{$port} ) {
+		fatal_error "Duplicate Interface ($interface:$port)" if $interfaces{$port}{bridge} eq $interface;
+		$port .= '+';
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    fatal_error "Duplicate Interface ($port)" if $interfaces{$port};
+	}
+
 	fatal_error "$interface is not a defined bridge" unless $interfaces{$interface} && $interfaces{$interface}{options}{bridge};
 	fatal_error "Bridge Ports may only be associated with 'bport' zones" if $zone && $zoneref->{type} != BPORT;
 
@@ -747,8 +763,6 @@ sub process_interface( $ ) {
 
 	next if $port eq '';
 
-	fatal_error "Invalid Interface Name ($interface:$port)" unless $port =~ /^[\w.@%-]+\+?$/;
-
 	$bridge = $interface;
 	$interface = $port;
     } else {
diff --git a/Shorewall/changelog.txt b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
index 6a70a1a91..28feae1aa 100644
--- a/Shorewall/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/changelog.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Changes in Shorewall 4.4.4
 
 4)  Allow long port lists in /etc/shorewall/routestopped.
 
+5)  Handle duplicate wildcard ports on different bridges.
+
 Changes in Shorewall 4.4.3
 
 1)  Move Debian INITLOG initialization to /etc/default/shorewall
diff --git a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
index b165d0e35..033bfe2b9 100644
--- a/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,25 @@ Shorewall 4.4.4
 2)  The Shorewall operations log (specified by STARTUP_LOG) is now
     secured 0600.
 
+3)  Previously, the following valid configuration would produce a fatal
+    error reporting "Duplicate interface name (p+)"
+
+    /etc/shorewall/zones:
+
+    #ZONE		TYPE	
+    fw			firewall
+    world		ipv4
+    z1:world		bport4
+    z2:world		bport4
+
+    /etc/shorewall/interfaces:
+
+    #ZONE		INTERFACE	BROADCAST	OPTIONS
+    world		br0		-		bridge
+    world		br1		-		bridge
+    z1			br0:p+
+    z2			br1:p+
+
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