diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ce4c4519..774bfcf1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ releases.
 * filter.d/apache-overflows.conf:
     - Fixes resources greedy expression (see gh-1790);
     - Rewritten without end-anchor ($), because of potential vulnerability on very long URLs.
+* filter.d/asterisk.conf - fixed failregex AMI Asterisk authentification failed (see gh-1302)
 
 ### New Features
 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/asterisk.conf b/config/filter.d/asterisk.conf
index b9871b6c..fe5fa2ad 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/asterisk.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/asterisk.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ before = common.conf
 
 _daemon = asterisk
 
-__pid_re = (?:\[\d+\])
+__pid_re = (?:\s*\[\d+\])
 
 iso8601 = \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+[+-]\d{4}
 
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ prefregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s%(log_prefix)s <F-CONTENT>.+</F-CONTENT>$
 
 failregex = ^Registration from '[^']*' failed for '<HOST>(:\d+)?' - (Wrong password|Username/auth name mismatch|No matching peer found|Not a local domain|Device does not match ACL|Peer is not supposed to register|ACL error \(permit/deny\)|Not a local domain)$
             ^Call from '[^']*' \(<HOST>:\d+\) to extension '[^']*' rejected because extension not found in context
-            ^Host <HOST> failed to authenticate as '[^']*'$
+            ^(?:Host )?<HOST> failed to authenticate\b
             ^No registration for peer '[^']*' \(from <HOST>\)$
-            ^Host <HOST> failed MD5 authentication for '[^']*' \([^)]+\)$
+            ^(?:Host )?Host <HOST> failed MD5 authentication\b
             ^Failed to authenticate (user|device) [^@]+@<HOST>\S*$
             ^hacking attempt detected '<HOST>'$
             ^SecurityEvent="(FailedACL|InvalidAccountID|ChallengeResponseFailed|InvalidPassword)",EventTV="([\d-]+|%(iso8601)s)",Severity="[\w]+",Service="[\w]+",EventVersion="\d+",AccountID="(\d*|<unknown>)",SessionID=".+",LocalAddress="IPV[46]/(UDP|TCP|WS)/[\da-fA-F:.]+/\d+",RemoteAddress="IPV[46]/(UDP|TCP|WS)/<HOST>/\d+"(,Challenge="[\w/]+")?(,ReceivedChallenge="\w+")?(,Response="\w+",ExpectedResponse="\w*")?(,ReceivedHash="[\da-f]+")?(,ACLName="\w+")?$
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/asterisk b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/asterisk
index 13808592..f3ece02e 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/asterisk
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/asterisk
@@ -84,3 +84,6 @@ Nov 4 18:30:40 localhost asterisk[32229]: NOTICE[32257]: chan_sip.c:23417 in han
 # Failed authentication with pjsip on Asterisk 13+
 # failJSON: { "time": "2016-06-08T23:40:26", "match": true , "host": "2.3.4.5" }
 [2016-06-08 23:40:26] NOTICE[32497] res_pjsip/pjsip_distributor.c: Request from '"317" <sip:317@1.2.3.4>' failed for '2.3.4.5:5089' (callid: 206f178f-896564cb-57573f49@1.2.3.4) - No matching endpoint found
+
+# failJSON: { "time": "2016-06-09T00:01:02", "match": true , "host": "192.0.2.1" }
+[2016-06-09 00:01:02] NOTICE [22382] manager.c: 192.0.2.1 failed to authenticate as 'admin'
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