diff --git a/lib/spack/external/ctest_log_parser.py b/lib/spack/external/ctest_log_parser.py
index 072c10d7a9c..4e80a2b6889 100644
--- a/lib/spack/external/ctest_log_parser.py
+++ b/lib/spack/external/ctest_log_parser.py
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ def match(self, text):
         "([^:]+): (Error:|error|undefined reference|multiply defined)",
         "([^ :]+) ?: (error|fatal error|catastrophic error)",
         "([^:]+)\\(([^\\)]+)\\) ?: (error|fatal error|catastrophic error)"),
-    "^FAILED",
+    "^FAIL: ",
+    "^FATAL: ",
+    "^failed ",
+    "FAILED",
+    "Failed test",
     "^[Bb]us [Ee]rror",
     "^[Ss]egmentation [Vv]iolation",
     "^[Ss]egmentation [Ff]ault",
@@ -154,6 +158,7 @@ def match(self, text):
     "ld: 0706-006 Cannot find or open library file: -l ",
     "ild: \\(argument error\\) can't find library argument ::",
     "^could not be found and will not be loaded.",
+    "^WARNING: '.*' is missing on your system",
     "s:616 string too big",
     "make: Fatal error: ",
     "ld: 0711-993 Error occurred while writing to the output file:",
@@ -177,6 +182,7 @@ def match(self, text):
     ": warning",
     ": \\(Warning\\)",
     ": note",
+    "    ok",
     "Note:",
     "makefile:",
     "Makefile:",