diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 35ed5e59b..fe5e57d23 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-02-10  Paolo Nenzi <p.nenzi@ieee.org>
+
+	*   src/frontend/inpcom.c: Applied patch from Dietmar Warning 
+	    to solve the bug discovered by Jelle Haandrikman: wrong 
+	    subcircuit expansion when leading spaces are present in the
+	    subcircuit netlist. 
+
 2004-01-28  Paolo Nenzi <p.nenzi@ieee.org>
 
 	*   configure.in: changed version to rework15.
diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index aa1159bfa..bf6a4542d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ readline(FILE *fd)
     strptr = tmalloc(memlen);
     memlen -= 1;          /* Save constant -1's in while loop */
     while((c = getc(fd)) != EOF) {
-	if (strlen == 0 && c == '\n')
+	if (strlen == 0 && (c == '\n' || c == ' ')) /* Leading spaces away */
 	    continue;
         strptr[strlen] = c;
         strlen++;