diff --git a/tests/ftpserver.pl b/tests/ftpserver.pl
index d71dc8a24..d14f7d305 100755
--- a/tests/ftpserver.pl
+++ b/tests/ftpserver.pl
@@ -2841,7 +2841,7 @@ sub customize {
     logmsg "FTPD: Getting commands from log/ftpserver.cmd\n";
 
     while(<CUSTOM>) {
-        if($_ =~ /REPLY ([A-Za-z0-9+\/=]*) (.*)/) {
+        if($_ =~ /REPLY ([A-Za-z0-9+\/=\*]*) (.*)/) {
             $customreply{$1}=eval "qq{$2}";
             if($1 eq "") {
                 logmsg "FTPD: set custom reply for empty response\n";