diff --git a/config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf b/config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf
index 930c9b5a..421a26d5 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/mysqld-auth.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ before = common.conf
 
 _daemon = mysqld
 
-failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s(?:(?:\d{6}|\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})[ T]\s?\d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2} )?(?:\d+ )?\[\w+\] (?:\[[^\]]+\] )*Access denied for user '<F-USER>[^']+</F-USER>'@'<HOST>' (to database '[^']*'|\(using password: (YES|NO)\))*\s*$
+failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s(?:(?:\d{6}|\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})[ T]\s?\d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2} )?(?:\d+ )?\[\w+\] (?:\[[^\]]+\] )*Access denied for user '<F-USER>[^']+</F-USER>'@'<HOST>'(?:\s+(?:to database '[^']*'|\(using password: (?:YES|NO)\)){1,2})?\s*$
 
 ignoreregex = 
 
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/mysqld-auth b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/mysqld-auth
index 29faeb71..fe60abb3 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/mysqld-auth
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/mysqld-auth
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ Sep 16 21:30:32 catinthehat mysqld: 130916 21:30:32 [Warning] Access denied for
 # filterOptions: [{"logtype": "file"}, {"logtype": "short"}, {"logtype": "journal"}]
 # failJSON: { "match": true , "host": "192.0.2.1", "user":"root", "desc": "mariadb 10.4 log format, gh-2611" }
 2020-01-16 21:34:14 4644 [Warning] Access denied for user 'root'@'192.0.2.1' (using password: YES)
+
+# failJSON: { "match": true , "host": "192.0.2.1", "user":"root", "desc": "mariadb 10.3 log format" }
+2020-01-16 21:34:14 4644 [Warning] Access denied for user 'root'@'192.0.2.1'