diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b4bb56a1d6f..d5957fb01c2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-05-18  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* comint.el (comint-password-prompt-regexp):
+	Allow "password for XXX" where XXX contains colons (eg https://...).
+
 2013-05-18  Leo Liu  <sdl.web@gmail.com>
 
 	* progmodes/octave.el (inferior-octave-startup): Use OCTAVE_SRCDIR
diff --git a/lisp/comint.el b/lisp/comint.el
index 956e8f86ccb..5680b9aaa2a 100644
--- a/lisp/comint.el
+++ b/lisp/comint.el
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ This variable is buffer-local."
     '("password" "Password" "passphrase" "Passphrase"
       "pass phrase" "Pass phrase" "Response"))
    "\\(?:\\(?:, try\\)? *again\\| (empty for no passphrase)\\| (again)\\)?\
-\\(?: for [^:]+\\)?:\\s *\\'")
+\\(?: for .+\\)?:\\s *\\'")
   "Regexp matching prompts for passwords in the inferior process.
 This is used by `comint-watch-for-password-prompt'."
   :version "24.1"