diff --git a/plugins/python/regress/iohelpers.h b/plugins/python/regress/iohelpers.h
index b2383af76..88879f7eb 100644
--- a/plugins/python/regress/iohelpers.h
+++ b/plugins/python/regress/iohelpers.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
diff --git a/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_debugging_c_calls@info.log b/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_debugging_c_calls@info.log
index 9fe592ca7..9691f7e18 100644
--- a/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_debugging_c_calls@info.log
+++ b/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_debugging_c_calls@info.log
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ __init__ @ SRC_DIR/example_debugging.py:58 calls C function:
 sudo.debug was called with arguments: (<DEBUG.ERROR: 2>, 'My demo purpose plugin shows this ERROR level debug message') 
 __init__ @ SRC_DIR/example_debugging.py:63 calls C function:
 sudo.debug was called with arguments: (<DEBUG.INFO: 6>, 'My demo purpose plugin shows this INFO level debug message') 
-handle @ /usr/lib/python3.7/logging/__init__.py:894 calls C function:
+handle @ logging/__init__.py calls C function:
 LogHandler.emit was called with arguments: (<sudo.LogHandler <stderr> (NOTSET)>, <LogRecord: root, 40, SRC_DIR/example_debugging.py, 72, "Python log system shows this ERROR level debug message">) 
-handle @ /usr/lib/python3.7/logging/__init__.py:894 calls C function:
+handle @ logging/__init__.py calls C function:
 LogHandler.emit was called with arguments: (<sudo.LogHandler <stderr> (NOTSET)>, <LogRecord: root, 20, SRC_DIR/example_debugging.py, 73, "Python log system shows this INFO level debug message">) 
 __init__ @ SRC_DIR/example_debugging.py:85 calls C function:
 sudo.options_as_dict was called with arguments: (('ModulePath=SRC_DIR/example_debugging.py', 'ClassName=DebugDemoPlugin'),) 
diff --git a/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_debugging_plugin@info.log b/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_debugging_plugin@info.log
index 4055d64c5..ed72f35ff 100644
--- a/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_debugging_plugin@info.log
+++ b/plugins/python/regress/testdata/check_example_debugging_plugin@info.log
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ __init__ @ SRC_DIR/example_debugging.py:58 debugs:
 My demo purpose plugin shows this ERROR level debug message
 __init__ @ SRC_DIR/example_debugging.py:63 debugs:
 My demo purpose plugin shows this INFO level debug message
-handle @ /usr/lib/python3.7/logging/__init__.py:894 debugs:
+handle @ logging/__init__.py debugs:
 Python log system shows this ERROR level debug message
-handle @ /usr/lib/python3.7/logging/__init__.py:894 debugs:
+handle @ logging/__init__.py debugs:
 Python log system shows this INFO level debug message
diff --git a/plugins/python/regress/testhelpers.c b/plugins/python/regress/testhelpers.c
index dd7f3bc97..a750151b8 100644
--- a/plugins/python/regress/testhelpers.c
+++ b/plugins/python/regress/testhelpers.c
@@ -191,10 +191,26 @@ verify_log_lines(const char *reference_path)
     char line[1024] = "";
     char stored_str[MAX_OUTPUT] = "";
     while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL) {
-        const char *line_data = strstr(line, "] "); // this skips the timestamp and pid at the beginning
+        char *line_data = strstr(line, "] "); // this skips the timestamp and pid at the beginning
         VERIFY_NOT_NULL(line_data); // malformed log line
         line_data += 2;
 
+	/* handle @ /usr/lib/python3.7/logging/__init__.py:894 ... */
+	if (strncmp(line_data, "handle @ /", sizeof("handle @ /") - 1) == 0) {
+	    /* Remove python path and line number */
+	    char *cp = line_data + sizeof("handle @ ") - 1;
+	    char *ep = strstr(cp, "logging/");
+	    if (ep != NULL) {
+		memmove(cp, ep, strlen(ep) + 1);
+		if ((cp = strstr(cp, "py:")) != NULL) {
+		    cp += 2;
+		    for (ep = cp + 1; isdigit((unsigned char)*ep); ep++)
+			continue;
+		    memmove(cp, ep, strlen(ep) + 1);
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+
         char *line_end = strstr(line_data, " object at "); // this skips checking the pointer hex
         if (line_end)
             sprintf(line_end, " object>\n");