diff --git a/cmd/ctwatch/main.go b/cmd/ctwatch/main.go
index a1fc2a4..fd1c20a 100644
--- a/cmd/ctwatch/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ctwatch/main.go
@@ -71,14 +71,17 @@ func processEntry (scanner *ctwatch.Scanner, entry *ct.LogEntry) {
 
 	info.CertInfo, info.ParseError = ctwatch.MakeCertInfoFromLogEntry(entry)
 
-	if info.ParseError == nil && info.CertInfo.DNSNamesParseError == nil {
-		// Match DNS names
-		if !anyDnsNameMatches(info.CertInfo.DNSNames) {
-			return
-		}
+	// If there's any sort of parse error related to the identifiers, report
+	// the certificate because we can't say for sure it doesn't match a domain
+	// we care about (fail safe behavior).  Treat common names as DNS names
+	// because many TLS clients do.
+	if info.ParseError != nil ||
+			info.CertInfo.CommonNamesParseError != nil ||
+			info.CertInfo.DNSNamesParseError != nil ||
+			anyDnsNameMatches(info.CertInfo.CommonNames) ||
+			anyDnsNameMatches(info.CertInfo.DNSNames) {
+		cmd.LogEntry(&info)
 	}
-
-	cmd.LogEntry(&info)
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index c33f8f9..485a15e 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ type EntryInfo struct {
 type CertInfo struct {
 	TBS			*TBSCertificate
 
+	CommonNames		[]string
+	CommonNamesParseError	error
 	DNSNames		[]string
 	DNSNamesParseError	error
 	Subject			RDNSequence
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ type CertInfo struct {
 func MakeCertInfoFromTBS (tbs *TBSCertificate) *CertInfo {
 	info := &CertInfo{TBS: tbs}
 
+	info.CommonNames, info.CommonNamesParseError = tbs.ParseCommonNames()
 	info.DNSNames, info.DNSNamesParseError = tbs.ParseDNSNames()
 	info.Subject, info.SubjectParseError = tbs.ParseSubject()
 	info.Issuer, info.IssuerParseError = tbs.ParseIssuer()
@@ -158,6 +161,14 @@ func MakeCertInfoFromLogEntry (entry *ct.LogEntry) (*CertInfo, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (info *CertInfo) commonNamesString () string {
+	if info.CommonNamesParseError == nil {
+		return strings.Join(info.CommonNames, ", ")
+	} else {
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
 func (info *CertInfo) dnsNamesString () string {
 	if info.DNSNamesParseError == nil {
 		return strings.Join(info.DNSNames, ", ")
@@ -195,6 +206,12 @@ func (info *CertInfo) Environ () []string {
 
 	env = append(env, "PUBKEY_HASH=" + info.PubkeyHash())
 
+	if info.CommonNamesParseError != nil {
+		env = append(env, "COMMON_NAMES_PARSE_ERROR=" + info.CommonNamesParseError.Error())
+	} else {
+		env = append(env, "COMMON_NAMES=" + strings.Join(info.CommonNames, ","))
+	}
+
 	if info.DNSNamesParseError != nil {
 		env = append(env, "DNS_NAMES_PARSE_ERROR=" + info.DNSNamesParseError.Error())
 	} else {
@@ -233,6 +250,7 @@ func (info *CertInfo) Environ () []string {
 
 func (info *EntryInfo) HasParseErrors () bool {
 	return info.ParseError != nil ||
+		info.CertInfo.CommonNamesParseError != nil ||
 		info.CertInfo.DNSNamesParseError != nil ||
 		info.CertInfo.SubjectParseError != nil ||
 		info.CertInfo.IssuerParseError != nil ||
@@ -317,6 +335,7 @@ func (info *EntryInfo) Write (out io.Writer) {
 	if info.ParseError != nil {
 		writeField(out, "Parse Error", "*** " + info.ParseError.Error() + " ***", nil)
 	} else {
+		writeField(out, "Common Name", info.CertInfo.commonNamesString(), info.CertInfo.CommonNamesParseError)
 		writeField(out, "DNS Names", info.CertInfo.dnsNamesString(), info.CertInfo.DNSNamesParseError)
 		writeField(out, "Pubkey", info.CertInfo.PubkeyHash(), nil)
 		writeField(out, "Subject", info.CertInfo.Subject, info.CertInfo.SubjectParseError)
diff --git a/x509.go b/x509.go
index cc5484a..50c5e48 100644
--- a/x509.go
+++ b/x509.go
@@ -222,10 +222,7 @@ func (tbs *TBSCertificate) ParseIssuer () (RDNSequence, error) {
 	return issuer, nil
 }
 
-func (tbs *TBSCertificate) ParseDNSNames () ([]string, error) {
-	dnsNames := []string{}
-
-	// Extract Common Name from Subject
+func (tbs *TBSCertificate) ParseCommonNames () ([]string, error) {
 	subject, err := tbs.ParseSubject()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -234,7 +231,12 @@ func (tbs *TBSCertificate) ParseDNSNames () ([]string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("failed to process certificate subject: " + err.Error())
 	}
-	dnsNames = append(dnsNames, cns...)
+
+	return cns, nil
+}
+
+func (tbs *TBSCertificate) ParseDNSNames () ([]string, error) {
+	dnsNames := []string{}
 
 	// Extract DNS names from SubjectAlternativeName extension
 	for _, sanExt := range tbs.GetExtension(oidExtensionSubjectAltName) {