2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/burn/engine/condition.cpp b/src/burn/engine/condition.cpp
index b7cd7413..8fa62f16 100644
--- a/src/burn/engine/condition.cpp
+++ b/src/burn/engine/condition.cpp
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static HRESULT NextSymbol(
     while (L'\0' != pContext->wzRead[0])
     {
         ::GetStringTypeW(CT_CTYPE1, pContext->wzRead, 1, &charType);
-        if (0 == (C1_BLANK & charType))
+        if (0 == ((C1_BLANK | C1_SPACE) & charType))
         {
             break; // no blank, done
         }
diff --git a/src/burn/test/BurnUnitTest/VariableTest.cpp b/src/burn/test/BurnUnitTest/VariableTest.cpp
index 055d63d9..259fb468 100644
--- a/src/burn/test/BurnUnitTest/VariableTest.cpp
+++ b/src/burn/test/BurnUnitTest/VariableTest.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ namespace Bootstrapper
                 Assert::True(EvaluateConditionHelper(&variables, L"PROP1 = \"VAL1\""));
                 Assert::False(EvaluateConditionHelper(&variables, L"NONE = \"NOT\""));
                 Assert::False(EvaluateConditionHelper(&variables, L"PROP1 <> \"VAL1\""));
+                Assert::False(EvaluateConditionHelper(&variables, L"PROP1 <>\n\"VAL1\""));
+                Assert::True(EvaluateConditionHelper(&variables, L"PROP1 <> \"VAL1\nVAL2\""));
                 Assert::False(EvaluateConditionHelper(&variables, L"PROP1 ~<> \"VAL1\""));
                 Assert::False(EvaluateConditionHelper(&variables, L"PROP1 ~<> \"Val1\""));
                 Assert::True(EvaluateConditionHelper(&variables, L"NONE <> \"NOT\""));