diff --git a/fail2ban/server/datedetector.py b/fail2ban/server/datedetector.py
index f58ab4e0..88f0f228 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/datedetector.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/datedetector.py
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ class DateDetector:
 			template.setRegex("^\d{2}\d{2}\d{2} +\d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
 			template.setPattern("%y%m%d %H:%M:%S")
 			self._appendTemplate(template)
+			# Apache Tomcat
+			template = DateStrptime()
+			template.setName("MONTH Day, Year 12hour:Minute:Second AM/PM")
+			template.setRegex("\S{3}\s{1,2}\d{1,2}, \d{4} \d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2} [AP]M")
+			template.setPattern("%b %d, %Y %I:%M:%S %p")
+			self._appendTemplate(template)
 		finally:
 			self.__lock.release()
 	
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/datedetectortestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/datedetectortestcase.py
index e30027e1..23f7a174 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/datedetectortestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/datedetectortestcase.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class DateDetectorTest(unittest.TestCase):
 			"2005-01-23T21:59:59-05:00Z", #ISO 8601 with TZ
 			"<01/23/05@21:59:59>",
 			"050123 21:59:59", # MySQL
+			"Jan 23, 2005 9:59:59 PM", # Apache Tomcat
 			):
 			log = sdate + "[sshd] error: PAM: Authentication failure"
 			# exclude