diff --git a/openerp/tools/config.py b/openerp/tools/config.py
index 706200e9b9a..73b69c8ef9c 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/config.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/config.py
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
             self.options['addons_path'] = '%s,%s' % (base_addons, main_addons)
         else:
             self.options['addons_path'] = ",".join(
-                    os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(x)))
+                    os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(x.strip())))
                       for x in self.options['addons_path'].split(','))
 
         self.options['init'] = opt.init and dict.fromkeys(opt.init.split(','), 1) or {}