diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3bdd867a..9e145b65 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ ver. 0.9.4 (2015/XX/XXX) - wanna-be-released
    * Fix dnsToIp resolver for fqdn with large list of IPs (gh-1164)
    * filter.d/apache-badbots.conf
      - Updated useragent string regex adding escape for `+`
+   * filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf
+     - Updated "Access denied ..." regex for MySQL 5.6 and later (gh-1211)
    * filter.d/sshd.conf
      - Updated "Auth fail" regex for OpenSSH 5.9 and later
    * Treat failed and killed execution of commands identically (only
diff --git a/config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf b/config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf
index 92dc9a99..f29beffc 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ before = common.conf
 
 _daemon = mysqld
 
-failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s(\d{6} \s?\d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2} )?\[Warning\] Access denied for user '\w+'@'<HOST>' (to database '[^']*'|\(using password: (YES|NO)\))*\s*$
+failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s(?:\d+ |\d{6} \s?\d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2} )?\[Warning\] Access denied for user '\w+'@'<HOST>' (to database '[^']*'|\(using password: (YES|NO)\))*\s*$
 
 ignoreregex = 
 
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/mysqld-auth b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/mysqld-auth
index aa684266..b75ecfc4 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/mysqld-auth
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/mysqld-auth
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ Sep 16 21:30:26 catinthehat mysqld: 130916 21:30:26 [Warning] Access denied for
 # failJSON: { "time": "2004-09-16T21:30:32", "match": true , "host": "74.207.241.159" }
 Sep 16 21:30:32 catinthehat mysqld: 130916 21:30:32 [Warning] Access denied for user 'hacker'@'74.207.241.159' (using password: NO)
 
+# failJSON: { "time": "2015-10-07T06:09:42", "match": true , "host": "127.0.0.1", "desc": "mysql 5.6 log format" }
+2015-10-07 06:09:42 5907 [Warning] Access denied for user 'root'@'127.0.0.1' (using password: YES)
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