diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_iapp_template.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_iapp_template.py
index 4873176de5..e6e8d1d1fc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_iapp_template.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_iapp_template.py
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ class Parameters(AnsibleF5Parameters):
         # There is a bug in the iApp parser in the F5 SDK that prevents us from
         # using it in all cases to get the name of an iApp. So we'll use this
         # pattern for now and file a bug with the F5 SDK
-        pattern = r'sys\s+application\s+template\s+(?P<path>\/\w+\/)?(?P<name>[\w.]+)'
+        pattern = r'sys\s+application\s+template\s+(?P<path>\/[^\{}"\'*?|#]+\/)?(?P<name>[^\{}"\'*?|#]+)'
         matches = re.search(pattern, self.content)
         try:
-            result = matches.group('name')
+            result = matches.group('name').strip()
         except IndexError:
             result = None
         if result:
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_iapp_template.py b/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_iapp_template.py
index 9d01243860..2671eb28fc 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_iapp_template.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/f5/test_bigip_iapp_template.py
@@ -15,21 +15,23 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     raise SkipTest("F5 Ansible modules require Python >= 2.7")
 
 from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
-from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch, Mock
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import Mock
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch
 from ansible.module_utils.f5_utils import AnsibleF5Client
-from units.modules.utils import set_module_args
 
 try:
     from library.bigip_iapp_template import Parameters
     from library.bigip_iapp_template import ModuleManager
     from library.bigip_iapp_template import ArgumentSpec
     from ansible.module_utils.f5_utils import iControlUnexpectedHTTPError
+    from test.unit.modules.utils import set_module_args
 except ImportError:
     try:
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_iapp_template import Parameters
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_iapp_template import ArgumentSpec
         from ansible.modules.network.f5.bigip_iapp_template import ModuleManager
         from ansible.module_utils.f5_utils import iControlUnexpectedHTTPError
+        from units.modules.utils import set_module_args
     except ImportError:
         raise SkipTest("F5 Ansible modules require the f5-sdk Python library")