diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/505-slackpkg_fix_matching_some_special_cases_in_package_names.yml b/changelogs/fragments/505-slackpkg_fix_matching_some_special_cases_in_package_names.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..778dcea0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/505-slackpkg_fix_matching_some_special_cases_in_package_names.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+ - slackpkg - fix matching some special cases in package names (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/505).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/slackpkg.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/slackpkg.py
index 0ef98c0876..ae6e136ae0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/slackpkg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/slackpkg.py
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ def query_package(module, slackpkg_path, name):
     import re
 
     machine = platform.machine()
-    pattern = re.compile('^%s-[^-]+-(%s|noarch)-[^-]+$' % (re.escape(name), re.escape(machine)))
+    # Exception for kernel-headers package on x86_64
+    if name == 'kernel-headers' and machine == 'x86_64':
+        machine = 'x86'
+    pattern = re.compile('^%s-[^-]+-(%s|noarch|fw)-[^-]+$' % (re.escape(name), re.escape(machine)))
     packages = [f for f in os.listdir('/var/log/packages') if pattern.match(f)]
 
     if len(packages) > 0: