diff --git a/src/libplatform/tracing/trace-config.cc b/src/libplatform/tracing/trace-config.cc
index e77d191e5e..9156301a45 100644
--- a/src/libplatform/tracing/trace-config.cc
+++ b/src/libplatform/tracing/trace-config.cc
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ TraceConfig* TraceConfig::CreateDefaultTraceConfig() {
 }
 
 bool TraceConfig::IsCategoryGroupEnabled(const char* category_group) const {
-  for (auto included_category : included_categories_) {
-    if (strcmp(included_category.data(), category_group) == 0) return true;
+  std::stringstream category_stream(category_group);
+  while (category_stream.good()) {
+    std::string category;
+    getline(category_stream, category, ',');
+    for (auto included_category : included_categories_) {
+      if (category == included_category) return true;
+    }
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/test/cctest/libplatform/test-tracing.cc b/test/cctest/libplatform/test-tracing.cc
index 6189ed2dfc..5dc6b965f1 100644
--- a/test/cctest/libplatform/test-tracing.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/libplatform/test-tracing.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ TEST(TestTraceConfig) {
   CHECK_EQ(trace_config->IsCategoryGroupEnabled(
                TRACE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT("v8.runtime")),
            true);
+  CHECK_EQ(trace_config->IsCategoryGroupEnabled("v8,v8.cpu_profile"), true);
+  CHECK_EQ(
+      trace_config->IsCategoryGroupEnabled("v8,disabled-by-default-v8.runtime"),
+      true);
+  CHECK_EQ(trace_config->IsCategoryGroupEnabled(
+               "v8_cpu_profile,v8.cpu_profile.hires"),
+           false);
+
   delete trace_config;
 }