diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2a98046..60a66ee6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ configuration before relying on it.
      according to the XARF standard (v0.2). Close gh-105
    * Add filter for apache-modsecurity
    * Support PyPy
+   * Add filter for apache-botsearch
 
 - Enhancements
    * Multiline filter for sendmail-spam. Close gh-418
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index b03d309f..47dc4d1c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ fail2ban/tests/files/logs/bsd/syslog-vv.txt
 fail2ban/tests/files/logs/3proxy
 fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-auth
 fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-badbots
+fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-botscripts
 fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-modsecurity
 fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-nohome
 fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-noscript
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ config/jail.conf
 config/filter.d/common.conf
 config/filter.d/apache-auth.conf
 config/filter.d/apache-badbots.conf
+config/filter.d/apache-botsearch.conf
 config/filter.d/apache-nohome.conf
 config/filter.d/apache-noscript.conf
 config/filter.d/apache-overflows.conf
diff --git a/config/filter.d/apache-botsearch.conf b/config/filter.d/apache-botsearch.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3bb6e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/filter.d/apache-botsearch.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Fail2Ban filter to block web requests for stuff that doesn't exist
+#
+# This is normally a predefined list of exploitable or valuable web services
+# that are hidden or aren't actually installed.
+#
+
+[INCLUDES]
+
+# overwrite with apache-common.local if _apache_error_client is incorrect.
+before = apache-common.conf
+
+[Definition]
+
+failregex = ^%(_apache_error_client)s ((AH001(28|30): )?File does not exist|(AH01264: )?script not found or unable to stat): <webroot><block>(, referer: \S+)?\s*$
+
+ignoreregex = 
+
+
+[Init]
+
+# Webroot represents the webroot on which all other files are based
+webroot = /var/www/
+# Block is the actual non-found directories to block
+block = (<webmail>|<phpmyadmin>|<wordpress>)
+
+# These are just convient definitions that assist the blocking of stuff that 
+# isn't installed
+webmail = roundcube|mail|horde|webmail
+
+phpmyadmin = (typo3/|xampp/|)(pma|(php)?myadmin)
+
+wordpress = wp-(login|signup)\.php
+
+
+# DEV Notes:
+#
+# Author: Daniel Black
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-botsearch b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-botsearch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..476f3ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/apache-botsearch
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# failJSON: { "time": "2008-07-22T06:48:30", "match": true , "host": "198.51.100.86" }
+[Tue Jul 22 06:48:30 2008] [error] [client 198.51.100.86] script not found or unable to stat: /var/www/wp-login.php