diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/jail.local b/conf/fail2ban/jail.local
index b9340e52..f306b59d 100644
--- a/conf/fail2ban/jail.local
+++ b/conf/fail2ban/jail.local
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ filter  = dovecotimap
 findtime = 30
 maxretry = 20
 
+[management-daemon]
+enabled = true
+filter = miab-management-daemon
+port = http,https
+logpath = /var/log/mailinabox.log
+maxretry = 20
+findtime = 30
+
 [recidive]
 enabled  = true
 maxretry = 10
+
diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/miab-management-daemon.conf b/conf/fail2ban/miab-management-daemon.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f3fdb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/fail2ban/miab-management-daemon.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Fail2Ban filter Mail-in-a-Box management daemon
+
+[INCLUDES]
+
+before = common.conf
+
+[Definition]
+
+_daemon = mailinabox
+
+failregex = Failed login from ip <HOST>
+ignoreregex =
diff --git a/management/daemon.py b/management/daemon.py
index bf3c9134..e62fe07f 100755
--- a/management/daemon.py
+++ b/management/daemon.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-import os, os.path, re, json
+import os, os.path, re, json, logging, logging.handlers
 
 from functools import wraps
 
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(me), "csr_country_codes.tsv")) as f:
 
 app = Flask(__name__, template_folder=os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(me), "templates")))
 
+# Initialize the logger
+# 
+# The logger wil automatically rotate the log if it gets to big, it will keep 3 old log files
+# The log will contain timestap-level-message
+logger = logging.getLogger('mailinabox')
+fh = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler("/var/log/mailinabox.log", maxBytes=10240, backupCount=3)
+fh.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s'))
+logger.addHandler(fh)
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+# Log a line that the daemon was started
+logger.info("Management daemon started")
+
 # Decorator to protect views that require a user with 'admin' privileges.
 def authorized_personnel_only(viewfunc):
 	@wraps(viewfunc)
@@ -45,6 +58,9 @@ def authorized_personnel_only(viewfunc):
 			privs = []
 			error = str(e)
 
+			# Write a line in the log recording the failed login
+			log_failed_login(request)
+
 		# Authorized to access an API view?
 		if "admin" in privs:
 			# Call view func.
@@ -117,6 +133,9 @@ def me():
 	try:
 		email, privs = auth_service.authenticate(request, env)
 	except ValueError as e:
+		# Log the failed login
+		log_failed_login(request)
+
 		return json_response({
 			"status": "invalid",
 			"reason": str(e),
@@ -504,6 +523,9 @@ def munin(filename=""):
 	if filename == "": filename = "index.html"
 	return send_from_directory("/var/cache/munin/www", filename)
 
+def log_failed_login(request):
+        logger.warning("Failed login from ip %s" % (request.headers.getlist("X-Forwarded-For")[0]))
+
 # APP
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/setup/system.sh b/setup/system.sh
index 1aeec458..cff423ce 100755
--- a/setup/system.sh
+++ b/setup/system.sh
@@ -232,5 +232,6 @@ cat conf/fail2ban/jail.local \
 	| sed "s/PUBLIC_IP/$PUBLIC_IP/g" \
 	> /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
 cp conf/fail2ban/dovecotimap.conf /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/dovecotimap.conf
+cp conf/fail2ban/miab-management-daemon.conf /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/miab-management-daemon.conf
 
 restart_service fail2ban