1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debian/openssh-server.config b/debian/openssh-server.config
index 883dbf41b..dbde2cbb0 100644
--- a/debian/openssh-server.config
+++ b/debian/openssh-server.config
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ get_config_option() {
         [ -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config ] || return
 
         # TODO: actually only one '=' allowed after option
-        perl -ne 'print if s/^[[:space:]]*'"$option"'[[:space:]=]+//i' \
+        perl -lne '
+                s/[[:space:]]+/ /g; s/[[:space:]]+$//;
+                print if s/^[[:space:]]*'"$option"'[[:space:]=]+//i' \
            /etc/ssh/sshd_config 2>/dev/null
 }