diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ releases.
 ### Enhancements
 * action.d/cloudflare.conf - Cloudflare API v4 implementation (gh-1651)
 * filter.d/kerio.conf - filter extended with new rules (see gh-1455)
+* filter.d/phpmyadmin-syslog.conf - new filter for phpMyAdmin using syslog for auth logging
 
 
 ver. 0.9.7 (2017/05/11) - awaiting-victory
diff --git a/config/filter.d/phpmyadmin-syslog.conf b/config/filter.d/phpmyadmin-syslog.conf
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Fail2Ban fitler for the phpMyAdmin-syslog
+#
+
+[INCLUDES]
+
+before = common.conf
+
+[Definition]
+
+_daemon = phpMyAdmin
+
+failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)suser denied: .* \(mysql-denied\) from <HOST>\s*$
+
+ignoreregex =
+
+
+# Author: Pavel Mihadyuk
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/phpmyadmin-syslog.conf b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/phpmyadmin-syslog.conf
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# failJSON: { "time": "2017-08-22T14:50:22", "match": true , "host": "81.62.21.201" }
+Aug 22 14:50:22 eurostream phpMyAdmin[16358]: user denied: root (mysql-denied) from 81.62.21.201