diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a5a51830..95a36870 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ ver. 1.1.1-dev-1 (20??/??/??) - development nightly edition
 * `filter.d/proxmox.conf` - add support to Proxmox Web GUI (gh-2966)
 * `filter.d/openvpn.conf` - new filter and jail for openvpn recognizing failed TLS handshakes (gh-2702)
 * `filter.d/vaultwarden.conf` - new filter and jail for Vaultwarden (gh-3979)
+* `fail2ban-regex` extended with new option `-i` or `--invert` to output not-matched lines by `-o` or `--out` (gh-4001)
+
 
 ver. 1.1.0 (2024/04/25) - object-found--norad-59479-cospar-2024-069a--altitude-36267km
 -----------
diff --git a/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py b/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
index 3b5ba1c8..b7426085 100644
--- a/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
+++ b/fail2ban/client/fail2banregex.py
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ def get_opt_parser():
 			   help="Disable check for all regex's"),
 		Option("-o", "--out", action="store", dest="out", default=None,
 			   help="Set token to print failure information only (row, id, ip, msg, host, ip4, ip6, dns, matches, ...)"),
+		Option("-i", "--invert", action="store_true", dest="invert",
+			   help="Invert the sense of matching, to output non-matching lines."),
 		Option("--print-no-missed", action='store_true',
 			   help="Do not print any missed lines"),
 		Option("--print-no-ignored", action='store_true',
@@ -529,7 +531,7 @@ class Fail2banRegex(object):
 		except RegexException as e: # pragma: no cover
 			output( 'ERROR: %s' % e )
 			return None, 0, None
-		if self._filter.getMaxLines() > 1:
+		if self._filter.getMaxLines() > 1 and not self._opts.out:
 			for bufLine in orgLineBuffer[int(fullBuffer):]:
 				if bufLine not in self._filter._Filter__lineBuffer:
 					try:
@@ -619,8 +621,10 @@ class Fail2banRegex(object):
 
 	def process(self, test_lines):
 		t0 = time.time()
+		out = None
 		if self._opts.out: # get out function
 			out = self._prepaireOutput()
+			outinv = self._opts.invert
 		for line in test_lines:
 			if isinstance(line, tuple):
 				line_datetimestripped, ret, is_ignored = self.testRegex(line[0], line[1])
@@ -632,8 +636,13 @@ class Fail2banRegex(object):
 					continue
 				line_datetimestripped, ret, is_ignored = self.testRegex(line)
 
-			if self._opts.out: # (formatted) output:
-				if len(ret) > 0 and not is_ignored: out(ret)
+			if out: # (formatted) output:
+				if len(ret) > 0 and not is_ignored:
+					if not outinv: out(ret)
+				elif outinv: # inverted output (currently only time and message as matches):
+					if not len(ret): # [failRegexIndex, fid, date, fail]
+						ret = [[-1, "", self._filter._Filter__lastDate, {"fid":"", "matches":[line]}]]
+					out(ret)
 				continue
 
 			if is_ignored:
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/fail2banregextestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/fail2banregextestcase.py
index 28ec9e30..ab2f6782 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/fail2banregextestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/fail2banregextestcase.py
@@ -432,8 +432,16 @@ class Fail2banRegexTest(LogCaptureTestCase):
 		self.assertLogged('output: %s' % "['192.0.2.0'", "'ip4': '192.0.2.0'", "'user': 'kevin'", all=True)
 		self.pruneLog()
 		# log msg :
-		self.assertTrue(_test_exec('-o', 'msg', STR_00, RE_00_USER))
+		nmline = "Dec 31 12:00:00 [sshd] error: PAM: No failure for user from 192.0.2.123"
+		lines = STR_00+"\n"+nmline
+		self.assertTrue(_test_exec('-o', 'msg', lines, RE_00_USER))
 		self.assertLogged('output: %s' % STR_00)
+		self.assertNotLogged('output: %s' % nmline)
+		self.pruneLog()
+		# log msg (inverted) :
+		self.assertTrue(_test_exec('-o', 'msg', '-i', lines, RE_00_USER))
+		self.assertLogged('output: %s' % nmline)
+		self.assertNotLogged('output: %s' % STR_00)
 		self.pruneLog()
 		# item of match (user):
 		self.assertTrue(_test_exec('-o', 'user', STR_00, RE_00_USER))
@@ -443,6 +451,17 @@ class Fail2banRegexTest(LogCaptureTestCase):
 		self.assertTrue(_test_exec('-o', '<ip>, <F-USER>, <family>', STR_00, RE_00_USER))
 		self.assertLogged('output: %s' % '192.0.2.0, kevin, inet4')
 		self.pruneLog()
+		# log msg :
+		lines = nmline+"\n"+STR_00; # just reverse lines (to cover possible order dependencies)
+		self.assertTrue(_test_exec('-o', '<time> : <msg>', lines, RE_00_USER))
+		self.assertLogged('output: %s : %s' % (1104490799.0, STR_00))
+		self.assertNotLogged('output: %s' % nmline)
+		self.pruneLog()
+		# log msg (inverted) :
+		self.assertTrue(_test_exec('-o', '<time> : <msg>', '-i', lines, RE_00_USER))
+		self.assertLogged('output: %s : %s' % (1104490800.0, nmline))
+		self.assertNotLogged('output: %s' % STR_00)
+		self.pruneLog()
 
 	def testStalledIPByNoFailFrmtOutput(self):
 		opts = (
diff --git a/man/fail2ban-regex.1 b/man/fail2ban-regex.1
index 3f8999e0..d1a7626f 100644
--- a/man/fail2ban-regex.1
+++ b/man/fail2ban-regex.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH FAIL2BAN-REGEX "1" "April 2024" "fail2ban-regex 1.1.1.dev1" "User Commands"
+.TH FAIL2BAN-REGEX "1" "June 2025" "fail2ban-regex 1.1.1.dev1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 fail2ban-regex \- test Fail2ban "failregex" option
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ Disable check for all regex's
 Set token to print failure information only (row, id,
 ip, msg, host, ip4, ip6, dns, matches, ...)
 .TP
+\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-invert\fR
+Invert the sense of matching, to output non\-matching
+lines.
+.TP
 \fB\-\-print\-no\-missed\fR
 Do not print any missed lines
 .TP