diff --git a/src/fs/fsparserutil.cpp b/src/fs/fsparserutil.cpp
index c20ed44..c711234 100644
--- a/src/fs/fsparserutil.cpp
+++ b/src/fs/fsparserutil.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ void cFSParserUtil::AddSubTypeProps( cFCOPropVector& v ) const
     v.AddItemAndGrow( cFSPropSet::PROP_FILETYPE );
 }
 
+static inline void trim_leading_whitespace(std::string &str)
+{
+    str.erase(str.begin(), std::find_if(str.begin(), str.end(), std::not1(std::ptr_fun<int, int>(std::isspace))));
+}
+
 void cFSParserUtil::InterpretFCOName( const std::list<TSTRING>& l, cFCOName& nameOut ) const
 {
     TSTRING strT;
@@ -141,6 +146,12 @@ void cFSParserUtil::InterpretFCOName( const std::list<TSTRING>& l, cFCOName& nam
     strT = cDevicePath::AsPosix(strT);
 #endif
 
+    //Trim any remaining whitespace before actual path, for cases like " /foo",
+    // otherwise it'll be flagged as a relative path.
+    //Don't trim trailing whitespace, since that could potentially be a valid path.
+    if(strT[0] != '/')
+        trim_leading_whitespace(strT);
+
     // let cFCOName handle interpretation
     nameOut = strT;
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/testfiles/polhard.txt b/src/parser/testfiles/polhard.txt
index fad96b8..6d3f7cd 100644
--- a/src/parser/testfiles/polhard.txt
+++ b/src/parser/testfiles/polhard.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ FOO = ping;
 # test quoted strings
 "/qfoo"		->		+p							;
 "/Program Files"    ->		+p					;
-#"  /lots o' spaces      "    ->		+p			;
+"  /lots o' spaces      "    ->		+p			;
 #"  colon: semicolon; quote' "    ->		+p	    ;
 
 # test attributes