3 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/AoOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/AoOutputPlugin.cxx
index 689e7de7c..4b98f4a77 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/AoOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/AoOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ AoOutput::Configure(const config_param &param, Error &error)
 	value = param.GetBlockValue("options", nullptr);
 	if (value != nullptr) {
 		for (const auto &i : SplitString(value, ';')) {
-			const DivideString ss(i.c_str(), '=');
+			const DivideString ss(i.c_str(), '=', true);
 
 			if (!ss.IsDefined()) {
 				error.Format(ao_output_domain,
diff --git a/src/util/DivideString.cxx b/src/util/DivideString.cxx
index d30dfaa16..f781d141f 100644
--- a/src/util/DivideString.cxx
+++ b/src/util/DivideString.cxx
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
  */
 
 #include "DivideString.hxx"
+#include "StringUtil.hxx"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
-DivideString::DivideString(const char *s, char separator)
+DivideString::DivideString(const char *s, char separator, bool strip)
 	:first(nullptr)
 {
 	const char *x = strchr(s, separator);
@@ -31,6 +32,16 @@ DivideString::DivideString(const char *s, char separator)
 	size_t length = x - s;
 	second = x + 1;
 
+	if (strip)
+		second = StripLeft(second);
+
+	if (strip) {
+		const char *end = s + length;
+		s = StripLeft(s);
+		end = StripRight(s, end);
+		length = end - s;
+	}
+
 	first = new char[length + 1];
 	memcpy(first, s, length);
 	first[length] = 0;
diff --git a/src/util/DivideString.hxx b/src/util/DivideString.hxx
index d8d911691..126aa45d1 100644
--- a/src/util/DivideString.hxx
+++ b/src/util/DivideString.hxx
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ class DivideString {
 	const char *second;
 
 public:
-	DivideString(const char *s, char separator);
+	/**
+	 * @param strip strip the first part and left-strip the second
+	 * part?
+	 */
+	DivideString(const char *s, char separator, bool strip=false);
 
 	~DivideString() {
 		delete[] first;