1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/win32/process.c b/win32/process.c
index b95e173e1..0db1a455a 100644
--- a/win32/process.c
+++ b/win32/process.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ parse_interpreter(const char *cmd, char ***opts, int *nopts)
         if (n < 4)      /* at least '#!/x' and not error */
                 return NULL;
 
+        /*
+         * See http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/shebang/ for trivia
+         * relating to '#!'.
+         */
         if (buf[0] != '#' || buf[1] != '!')
                 return NULL;
         buf[n] = '\0';
@@ -70,8 +74,12 @@ parse_interpreter(const char *cmd, char ***opts, int *nopts)
                 *p = '\0';
         }
 
+        /* skip whitespace after '#!' */
+        for ( s=buf+2; *s && isspace(*s); ++s ) {
+        }
+
         /* move to end of interpreter path (which may not contain spaces) */
-        for ( s=buf+2; *s && !isspace(*s); ++s ) {
+        for ( ; *s && !isspace(*s); ++s ) {
         }
 
         n = 0;