diff --git a/src/UriListParser.cc b/src/UriListParser.cc
index af297a11..ace25336 100644
--- a/src/UriListParser.cc
+++ b/src/UriListParser.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void UriListParser::parseNext(std::vector<std::string>& uris, Option& op)
           break;
         }
         line_.assign(&buf[0], &buf[strlen(buf)]);
-        if(util::startsWith(line_, " ")) {
+        if(util::startsWith(line_, " ") || util::startsWith(line_, "\t")) {
           ss << line_ << "\n";
         } else if(util::startsWith(line_, A2STR::SHARP_C)) {
           continue;
diff --git a/test/filelist1.txt b/test/filelist1.txt
index 1e459283..efc3a8c0 100644
--- a/test/filelist1.txt
+++ b/test/filelist1.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ http://localhost/index.html	http://localhost2/index.html
 ftp://localhost/aria2.tar.bz2
   dir=/tmp
 # comment line
-  out=chunky_chocolate
+	 out=chunky_chocolate