diff --git a/homeassistant/components/logger/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/logger/__init__.py
index fb2920fb6e2..c7660f2a3f0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/logger/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/logger/__init__.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def _add_log_filter(logger, patterns):
     """Add a Filter to the logger based on a regexp of the filter_str."""
 
     def filter_func(logrecord):
-        return not any(p.match(logrecord.getMessage()) for p in patterns)
+        return not any(p.search(logrecord.getMessage()) for p in patterns)
 
     logger.addFilter(filter_func)
 
diff --git a/tests/components/logger/test_init.py b/tests/components/logger/test_init.py
index d2b0e8931b6..6435ef95394 100644
--- a/tests/components/logger/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/logger/test_init.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ async def test_log_filtering(hass, caplog):
                         "doesntmatchanything",
                         ".*shouldfilterall.*",
                         "^filterthis:.*",
+                        "in the middle",
                     ],
                     "test.other_filter": [".*otherfilterer"],
                 },
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ async def test_log_filtering(hass, caplog):
         filter_logger, False, "this line containing shouldfilterall should be filtered"
     )
     msg_test(filter_logger, True, "this line should not be filtered filterthis:")
+    msg_test(filter_logger, False, "this in the middle should be filtered")
     msg_test(filter_logger, False, "filterthis: should be filtered")
     msg_test(filter_logger, False, "format string shouldfilter%s", "all")
     msg_test(filter_logger, True, "format string shouldfilter%s", "not")