diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.c b/src/openvpn/options.c
index 7906f46f..11e327c1 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/options.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/options.c
@@ -3694,13 +3694,16 @@ static char *
 read_inline_file (struct in_src *is, const char *close_tag, struct gc_arena *gc)
 {
   char line[OPTION_LINE_SIZE];
+  char *line_ptr = line;
   struct buffer buf = alloc_buf (8*OPTION_LINE_SIZE);
   char *ret;
   bool endtagfound = false;
 
   while (in_src_get (is, line, sizeof (line)))
     {
-      if (!strncmp (line, close_tag, strlen (close_tag)))
+      /* Remove leading spaces */
+      while (isspace(*line_ptr)) line_ptr++;
+      if (!strncmp (line_ptr, close_tag, strlen (close_tag)))
 	{
 	  endtagfound = true;
 	  break;