1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/patchtest/patchtest_patterns.py b/meta/lib/patchtest/patchtest_patterns.py
index 8c2e192fc9..39c5a65d91 100644
--- a/meta/lib/patchtest/patchtest_patterns.py
+++ b/meta/lib/patchtest/patchtest_patterns.py
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ mbox_bugzilla = pyparsing.Regex('\[\s?YOCTO.*\]')
 mbox_bugzilla_validation = pyparsing.Regex('\[(\s?YOCTO\s?#\s?(\d+)\s?,?)+\]')
 mbox_revert_shortlog_regex = pyparsing.Regex('Revert\s+".*"')
 mbox_shortlog_maxlength = 90
+# based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30281026/regex-parsing-github-usernames-javascript
+mbox_github_username = pyparsing.Regex('\B@([a-z0-9](?:-(?=[a-z0-9])|[a-z0-9]){0,38}(?<=[a-z0-9]))')
 
 # patch