diff --git a/UPGRADE.txt b/UPGRADE.txt
index 5e5931114cd2edff4a9e49f230b56288d6d8c134..bf4366a7410f384345290e86a3c17d84b58b72e2 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -47,5 +47,8 @@ Configuration Files:
    again set the root console verbose level and affect the verbose level
    logged.
 
+ - The manager.conf 'eventfilter' now takes an "extended" regular expression
+   instead of a "basic" one.
+
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diff --git a/configs/manager.conf.sample b/configs/manager.conf.sample
index fd54b81b93ecff129915e27ad3e3f72af9b30723..f31c6d39758e201919e85452edb356366307d3f1 100644
--- a/configs/manager.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/manager.conf.sample
@@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ bindaddr = 0.0.0.0
 ; user.
 ;
 ;eventfilter=Event: Newchannel
-;eventfilter=!Channel: DAHDI.*
+;eventfilter=Channel: (PJ)?SIP/(james|jim|john)-
+;eventfilter=!Channel: DAHDI/
 ; The eventfilter option is used to whitelist or blacklist events per user.
-; A filter consists of a (basic/old-style and unanchored) regular expression
-; that is run on the entire event data. If the first character of the filter
-; is an exclamation mark (!), the filter is appended to the blacklist instead
-; of the whitelist. After first checking the read access below, the regular
-; expression filters are processed as follows:
+; A filter consists of an (unanchored) regular expression that is run on the
+; entire event data. If the first character of the filter is an exclamation
+; mark (!), the filter is appended to the blacklist instead of the whitelist.
+; After first checking the read access below, the regular expression filters
+; are processed as follows:
 ; - If no filters are configured all events are reported as normal.
 ; - If there are white filters only: implied black all filter processed first,
 ; then white filters.
diff --git a/main/manager.c b/main/manager.c
index 9e88628aabf3c78d05621c71693a4e6ba927efe0..ef569aa4a5bd085c2e8db5a52321f6a9a1d53877 100644
--- a/main/manager.c
+++ b/main/manager.c
@@ -5121,7 +5121,7 @@ static enum add_filter_result manager_add_filter(const char *filter_pattern, str
 		is_blackfilter = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (regcomp(new_filter, filter_pattern, 0)) { /* XXX: the only place we use non-REG_EXTENDED */
+	if (regcomp(new_filter, filter_pattern, REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB)) {
 		ao2_t_ref(new_filter, -1, "failed to make regex");
 		return FILTER_COMPILE_FAIL;
 	}