diff --git a/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditdistd/token.l b/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditdistd/token.l
index 9cebac1e22d9..5e58e8728836 100644
--- a/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditdistd/token.l
+++ b/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditdistd/token.l
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ sender			{ DP; return SENDER; }
 source			{ DP; return SOURCE; }
 timeout			{ DP; return TIMEOUT; }
 [0-9]+			{ DP; yylval.num = atoi(yytext); return NUM; }
-\"[a-zA-Z0-9_/ !@#\$%\^\&\*\(\)\+\=\|\;\?\,\.\-\:]*\" { DP; yylval.str = strndup(yytext + 1, strlen(yytext) - 2); return STR; }
+\"[a-zA-Z0-9_/ !@#\$%\^\&\*\(\)\+\=\|\;\?\,\.\[\]\-\:]*\" { DP; yylval.str = strndup(yytext + 1, strlen(yytext) - 2); return STR; }
 \{			{ DP; depth++; return OB; }
 \}			{ DP; depth--; return CB; }
 #.*$			/* ignore comments */;