diff --git a/haskell/haskell-attoparsec/haskell-attoparsec.SlackBuild b/haskell/haskell-attoparsec/haskell-attoparsec.SlackBuild
index 98b93751b0..20fb0de883 100644
--- a/haskell/haskell-attoparsec/haskell-attoparsec.SlackBuild
+++ b/haskell/haskell-attoparsec/haskell-attoparsec.SlackBuild
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ runghc Setup copy --destdir=$PKG
 runghc Setup register --gen-pkg-config
 
 PKGCONFD=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/ghc-${GHC_VERSION}/package.conf.d
-PKGID=$( grep -E "^id: " $SRCNAM-$VERSION.conf | cut -d" " -f2 )
+PKGID=$( grep -E "^id: " $SRCNAM-$VERSION.conf | sed "s/[[:space:]][[:space:]]*/ /" | cut -d" " -f2 )
 mkdir -p $PKG/$PKGCONFD
 mv $SRCNAM-$VERSION.conf $PKG/$PKGCONFD/$PKGID.conf