1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c b/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c
index eededa9b2b..a3f93ba343 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ static int insert_data(struct trie *trie, struct udev_list *match_list,
         value[0] = '\0';
         value++;
 
+        /* libudev requires properties to start with a space */
+        while (isblank(line[0]) && isblank(line[1]))
+                line++;
+
         if (line[0] == '\0' || value[0] == '\0') {
                 log_error("Error, empty key or value '%s' in '%s':", line, filename);
                 return -EINVAL;