diff --git a/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim b/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim
index d87078ab9f..95935dc67b 100644
--- a/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ proc getSymbol(c: var CfgParser, tok: var Token) =
     add(tok.literal, c.buf[pos])
     inc(pos)
     if not (c.buf[pos] in SymChars): break
+  tok.literal = tok.literal.strip
   c.bufpos = pos
   tok.kind = tkSymbol