diff --git a/config/filter.d/wuftpd.conf b/config/filter.d/wuftpd.conf
index 5c1cbb58..de98d02d 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/wuftpd.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/wuftpd.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ _daemon = wu-ftpd
 # Notes.: regex to match the password failures messages in the logfile.
 # Values: TEXT
 #
-failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)sfailed login from \S+ \[<HOST>\]$
+failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)sfailed login from \S+ \[<HOST>\]\s*$
 
 # Option:  ignoreregex
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.