diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/ini_file.rb b/lib/puppet/util/ini_file.rb
index a8d715c49..1ba0805a5 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/util/ini_file.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/ini_file.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Util
   class IniFile
 
     @@SECTION_REGEX = /^\s*\[([^\]]*)\]\s*$/
-    @@SETTING_REGEX = /^(\s*)([\w\d\.\\\/\-\s\[\]\']*[\w\d\.\\\/\-\]])([ \t]*=[ \t]*)([\S\s]*?)\s*$/
+    @@SETTING_REGEX = /^(\s*)([^\s=]*)(\s*=\s*)(.*)\s*$/
     @@COMMENTED_SETTING_REGEX = /^(\s*)[#;]+(\s*)([\w\d\.\\\/\-\s\[\]\']*[\w\d\.\\\/\-\]])([ \t]*=[ \t]*)([\S\s]*?)\s*$/
 
     def initialize(path, key_val_separator = ' = ')