diff --git a/alien/Alien/Package/Deb.pm b/alien/Alien/Package/Deb.pm

index bf09058..217f1b1 100644

--- a/alien/Alien/Package/Deb.pm

+++ b/alien/Alien/Package/Deb.pm

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ sub scan {

 	for (my $i=0; $i <= $#control; $i++) {

 		$_ = $control[$i];

 		chomp;

-		if (/^(\w.*?):\s+(.*)/) {

+		if (/^(\w.*?):\s*(.*)/) {

 			# Really old debs might have oddly capitalized

 			# field names.

 			$field=ucfirst(lc($1));