diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index b3c5fe8..c5f6a35 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+  plugins/queue/maildir: Allow hyphens in the maildir path
 
   Temporary deny if clamd is not running
 
diff --git a/plugins/queue/maildir b/plugins/queue/maildir
index dd804f5..f005f44 100644
--- a/plugins/queue/maildir
+++ b/plugins/queue/maildir
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sub register {
   my ($self, $qp, @args) = @_;
 
   if (@args > 0) {
-    ($self->{_maildir}) = ($args[0] =~ m!([/\w\.]+)!);
+    ($self->{_maildir}) = ($args[0] =~ m!([-/\w\.]+)!);
   }
 
   if (@args > 1) {