diff --git a/lib/icinga/pluginutility.cpp b/lib/icinga/pluginutility.cpp
index 2197d1693..4dc46f754 100644
--- a/lib/icinga/pluginutility.cpp
+++ b/lib/icinga/pluginutility.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ Array::Ptr PluginUtility::SplitPerfdata(const String& perfdata)
 			break;
 
 		String label = perfdata.SubStr(begin, eqp - begin);
+		boost::algorithm::trim_left(label);
 
 		if (label.GetLength() > 2 && label[0] == '\'' && label[label.GetLength() - 1] == '\'')
 			label = label.SubStr(1, label.GetLength() - 2);
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b800d914..8919de304 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ add_boost_test(base
     icinga_perfdata/simple
     icinga_perfdata/quotes
     icinga_perfdata/multiple
+    icinga_perfdata/multiline
     icinga_perfdata/normalize
     icinga_perfdata/uom
     icinga_perfdata/warncritminmax
diff --git a/test/icinga-perfdata.cpp b/test/icinga-perfdata.cpp
index f763ac043..12e1c28f8 100644
--- a/test/icinga-perfdata.cpp
+++ b/test/icinga-perfdata.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(multiple)
 	BOOST_CHECK(str == "testA=123456 testB=123456");
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(multiline)
+{
+	Array::Ptr pd = PluginUtility::SplitPerfdata(" 'testA'=123456  'testB'=123456");
+	BOOST_CHECK(pd->GetLength() == 2);
+
+	String str = PluginUtility::FormatPerfdata(pd);
+	BOOST_CHECK(str == "testA=123456 testB=123456");
+
+	pd = PluginUtility::SplitPerfdata(" 'testA'=123456  \n'testB'=123456");
+	BOOST_CHECK(pd->GetLength() == 2);
+
+	str = PluginUtility::FormatPerfdata(pd);
+	BOOST_CHECK(str == "testA=123456 testB=123456");
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(normalize)
 {
 	Array::Ptr pd = PluginUtility::SplitPerfdata("testA=2m;3;4;1;5 testB=2foobar");