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));