diff --git a/Lib/webbrowser.py b/Lib/webbrowser.py
index 6fca257c02664f..252ca92337e272 100644
--- a/Lib/webbrowser.py
+++ b/Lib/webbrowser.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def register(name, klass, instance=None, *, preferred=False):
# Preferred browsers go to the front of the list.
# Need to match to the default browser returned by xdg-settings, which
# may be of the form e.g. "firefox.desktop".
- if preferred or (_os_preferred_browser and name in _os_preferred_browser):
+ if preferred or (_os_preferred_browser and f'{name}.desktop' == _os_preferred_browser):
_tryorder.insert(0, name)
else:
_tryorder.append(name)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-12-15-19-58.gh-issue-108172.KyDPuG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-12-15-19-58.gh-issue-108172.KyDPuG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5c6b9cd3f81a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-12-15-19-58.gh-issue-108172.KyDPuG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``webbrowser`` honors OS preferred browser on Linux when its desktop entry name contains the text of a known browser name.
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