diff --git a/mysqltuner.pl b/mysqltuner.pl
index 4599a7f..9037bd2 100755
--- a/mysqltuner.pl
+++ b/mysqltuner.pl
@@ -463,9 +463,11 @@ sub get_replication_status {
 }
 
 # Checks for supported or EOL'ed MySQL versions
-my ($mysqlvermajor,$mysqlverminor);
+my ($mysqlvermajor,$mysqlverminor, $mysqlvermicro);
 sub validate_mysql_version {
-	($mysqlvermajor,$mysqlverminor) = $myvar{'version'} =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/;
+	($mysqlvermajor,$mysqlverminor,$mysqlvermicro) = $myvar{'version'} =~ /^(\d+)(?:\.(\d+)|)(?:\.(\d+)|)/;
+	$mysqlverminor ||= 0;
+	$mysqlvermicro ||= 0;
 	if (!mysql_version_ge(5)) {
 		badprint "Your MySQL version ".$myvar{'version'}." is EOL software!  Upgrade soon!\n";
 	} elsif (mysql_version_ge(6)) {
@@ -475,10 +477,12 @@ sub validate_mysql_version {
 	}
 }
 
-# Checks if MySQL version is greater than equal to (major, minor)
+# Checks if MySQL version is greater than equal to (major, minor, micro)
 sub mysql_version_ge {
-	my ($maj, $min) = @_;
-	return $mysqlvermajor > $maj || ($mysqlvermajor == $maj && $mysqlverminor >= ($min || 0));
+	my ($maj, $min, $mic) = @_;
+	$min ||= 0;
+	$mic ||= 0;
+	return $mysqlvermajor > $maj || $mysqlvermajor == $maj && ($mysqlverminor > $min || $mysqlverminor == $min && $mysqlvermicro >= $mic);
 }
 
 # Checks for 32-bit boxes with more than 2GB of RAM