diff --git a/trunk/auto/options.sh b/trunk/auto/options.sh
index 4e74329d1..c81781e9c 100755
--- a/trunk/auto/options.sh
+++ b/trunk/auto/options.sh
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ function parse_user_option() {
 function parse_user_option_to_value_and_option() {
     case "$option" in
         -*=*) 
-            value=`echo "$option" | sed -e 's|[-_a-zA-Z0-9/]*=||'` 
-            option=`echo "$option" | sed -e 's|=[-_a-zA-Z0-9/.]*||'`
+            value=`echo "$option" | sed -e 's|[-_a-zA-Z0-9/]*=||'`
+            option=`echo "$option" | sed -e 's|=[-_a-zA-Z0-9/. ]*||'`
         ;;
            *) value="" ;;
     esac