diff --git a/src/server/server-config.c b/src/server/server-config.c
index bb4c47dc5665522a883fad13cde73c625517d285..7f57c883757fa82d09994bb71851f967435307ca 100644
--- a/src/server/server-config.c
+++ b/src/server/server-config.c
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ const int MAXQUEUEDSIZE = 300;
 const int MAXDEQUEUELEN = 10;
 
 /* What is whitespace? */
-const unsigned char *WHITESPACE = (const unsigned char *)" \t\f\n";
+const unsigned char *WHITESPACE = (const unsigned char *)" \t\f\n\r";