diff --git a/src/util/virlog.c b/src/util/virlog.c
index 130bdff1c23bb072c94016762fec9292bab2495f..957d993a3be56bf968490f4238070fd5b2c3426a 100644
--- a/src/util/virlog.c
+++ b/src/util/virlog.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static regex_t *virLogRegex = NULL;
 
 
 #define VIR_LOG_DATE_REGEX "[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]"
-#define VIR_LOG_TIME_REGEX "[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9]+[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]"
+#define VIR_LOG_TIME_REGEX "[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]\\.[0-9][0-9][0-9]\\+[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]"
 #define VIR_LOG_PID_REGEX "[0-9]+"
 #define VIR_LOG_LEVEL_REGEX "debug|info|warning|error"