diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 265ec368..81834eea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Incompatibility list (compared to v.0.9):
     rewrite the regex like in example below resp. using `(?:(?P=ip4)|(?P=ip6)` instead of `(?P=host)`
     (or `(?:(?P=ip4)|(?P=ip6)|(?P=dns))` corresponding your `usedns` and `raw` settings).
 
-    Of course you can always your own capture-group (like below `_cond_ip_`) to do this.
+    Of course you can always define your own capture-group (like below `_cond_ip_`) to do this.
     ```
     testln="1500000000 failure from 192.0.2.1: bad host 192.0.2.1"
     fail2ban-regex "$testln" "^\s*failure from (?P<_cond_ip_><HOST>): bad host (?P=_cond_ip_)$"
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ ver. 0.11.0-dev-0 (2017/??/??) - development nightly edition
 -----------
 
 ### Incompatibility list:
-* The configuration for multiport jails using banaction `pf` can be incompatible after upgrade, if
-  ports are enclosed in curly braces `{ }` in the `jail.local` etc. This may cause a double-brackets now.
+* The configuration for jails using banaction `pf` can be incompatible after upgrade, because pf-action uses
+  anchors now (see `action.d/pf.conf` for more information). If you want use obsolete handling without anchors,
+  just rewrite it in the `jail.local` by overwrite of `pfctl` parameter, e. g. like `banaction = pf[pfctl="pfctl"]`.
 
 ### Fixes
 * Fixed logging to systemd-journal: new logtarget value SYSOUT can be used instead of STDOUT, to avoid 
diff --git a/config/action.d/pf.conf b/config/action.d/pf.conf
index b3a33cf2..905312c3 100644
--- a/config/action.d/pf.conf
+++ b/config/action.d/pf.conf
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 #     }
 # to your main pf ruleset, where "namei" are the names of the jails
 # which invoke this action
-actionstart = echo "table <<tablename>-<name>> persist counters" | <pfctl> -f- 
+actionstart = echo "table <<tablename>-<name>> persist counters" | <pfctl> -f-
+              port="<port>"; if [ "$port" != "" ] && case "$port" in \{*) false;; esac; then port="{$port}"; fi
               echo "<block> proto <protocol> from <<tablename>-<name>> to <actiontype>" | <pfctl> -f-
 
 # Option:  start_on_demand - to start action on demand
@@ -119,5 +120,5 @@ allports = any
 # Option: multiport
 # Notes.: addition to block access only to specific ports
 # Usage.: use in jail config: "banaction = pf[actiontype=<multiport>]"
-multiport = any port {<port>}
+multiport = any port $port
 
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py
index aab62fde..d1bd3d87 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py
@@ -1524,7 +1524,8 @@ class ServerConfigReaderTests(LogCaptureTestCase):
 					'ip4': (), 'ip6': (),
 					'start': (
 						'`echo "table <f2b-j-w-pf> persist counters" | pfctl -a f2b/j-w-pf -f-`',
-						'`echo "block quick proto tcp from <f2b-j-w-pf> to any port {<port>}" | pfctl -a f2b/j-w-pf -f-`',
+						'port="<port>"',
+						'`echo "block quick proto tcp from <f2b-j-w-pf> to any port $port" | pfctl -a f2b/j-w-pf -f-`',
 					),
 					'flush': (
 						'`pfctl -a f2b/j-w-pf -t f2b-j-w-pf -T flush`',
@@ -1546,7 +1547,8 @@ class ServerConfigReaderTests(LogCaptureTestCase):
 					'ip4': (), 'ip6': (),
 					'start': (
 						'`echo "table <f2b-j-w-pf-mp> persist counters" | pfctl -a f2b/j-w-pf-mp -f-`',
-						'`echo "block quick proto tcp from <f2b-j-w-pf-mp> to any port {http,https}" | pfctl -a f2b/j-w-pf-mp -f-`',
+						'port="http,https"',
+						'`echo "block quick proto tcp from <f2b-j-w-pf-mp> to any port $port" | pfctl -a f2b/j-w-pf-mp -f-`',
 					),
 					'flush': (
 						'`pfctl -a f2b/j-w-pf-mp -t f2b-j-w-pf-mp -T flush`',