diff --git a/misc/CMakeLists.txt b/misc/CMakeLists.txt
index 911b9bf..4390f25 100644
--- a/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ if (PCAP_CONFIG)
   execute_process (COMMAND pcap-config --libs
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE PCAP_LDFLAGS
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+	string(STRIP "${PCAP_LDFLAGS}" PCAP_LDFLAGS)
   execute_process (COMMAND pcap-config --cflags
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE PCAP_CFLAGS
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 720d15a..0da706f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ if (PCAP_CONFIG)
   execute_process (COMMAND pcap-config --cflags
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE PCAP_CFLAGS
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+	string(STRIP "${PCAP_LDFLAGS}" PCAP_LDFLAGS)
 else (PCAP_CONFIG)
   message (STATUS "pcap-config not found, using defaults...")
   set (PCAP_LDFLAGS "-L/usr/lib -lpcap")