1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index a4bab811a36b..6af2cf71da80 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ sub read_args($)
     open ($fh, $file) || die "can't open file: $file";
     while (<$fh>) {
         chomp();
+        s/^\s+//;
         s/\s+$//;
         # migrate from the old system
         if ( substr($_, 0, 1) eq "'" ) {