diff --git a/autofs-5.0.1-file-map-allow-white-space-only-line.patch b/autofs-5.0.1-file-map-allow-white-space-only-line.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51cba53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autofs-5.0.1-file-map-allow-white-space-only-line.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
+index b379431..2fc3c9e 100644
+--- a/CHANGELOG
++++ b/CHANGELOG
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
+ - give up trying to update exports list while host is mounted.
+ - fix to "@network" matching.
+ - check for fstab update and retry if not updated.
++- change file map lexer to allow white-space only blank lines.
+ 
+ 20/2/2007 autofs-5.0.1
+ ----------------------
+diff --git a/modules/lookup_file.c b/modules/lookup_file.c
+index 0f4d8f1..4a5674e 100644
+--- a/modules/lookup_file.c
++++ b/modules/lookup_file.c
+@@ -236,11 +236,21 @@ static int read_one(FILE *f, char *key, unsigned int *k_len, char *mapent, unsig
+ 
+ 		case st_badent:
+ 			if (ch == '\n') {
++				nch = getc(f);
++				if (nch != EOF && isblank(nch)) {
++					ungetc(nch, f);
++					break;
++				}
++				ungetc(nch, f);
+ 				state = st_begin;
+ 				if (gotten == got_real || gotten == getting)
+ 					goto got_it;
++				warn(LOGOPT_ANY, MODPREFIX 
++				      "bad map entry \"%s...\" for key "
++				      "\"%s\"", mapent, key);
+ 				goto next;
+-			}
++			} else if (!isblank(ch))
++				gotten = got_nothing;
+ 			break;
+ 
+ 		case st_entspc:
+@@ -274,24 +284,21 @@ static int read_one(FILE *f, char *key, unsigned int *k_len, char *mapent, unsig
+ 
+ 		case st_getent:
+ 			if (ch == '\n') {
++				if (escape == esc_all) {
++					state = st_begin;
++					warn(LOGOPT_ANY, MODPREFIX
++					     "unmatched \" in %s for key %s",
++					     mapent, key);
++					goto next;
++				}
+ 				nch = getc(f);
+ 				if (nch != EOF && isblank(nch)) {
+ 					ungetc(nch, f);
+ 					state = st_badent;
+-					gotten = got_nothing;
+-					warn(LOGOPT_ANY, MODPREFIX 
+-					      "bad map entry \"%s...\" for key "
+-					      "\"%s\"", mapent, key);
+ 					break;
+ 				}
+ 				ungetc(nch, f);
+ 				state = st_begin;
+-				if (escape == esc_all) {
+-					warn(LOGOPT_ANY, MODPREFIX
+-					     "unmatched \" in %s for key %s",
+-					     mapent, key);
+-					goto next;
+-				}
+ 				if (gotten == got_real || gotten == getting)
+ 					goto got_it;
+ 			} else if (mapent_len < MAPENT_MAX_LEN) {
diff --git a/autofs.spec b/autofs.spec
index 26d4f78..8b83e81 100644
--- a/autofs.spec
+++ b/autofs.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: A tool for automatically mounting and unmounting filesystems
 Name: autofs
 Version: 5.0.1
-Release: 2
+Release: 3
 Epoch: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Patch1: autofs-5.0.1-check-user-info-return.patch
 Patch2: autofs-5.0.1-hosts-simple-fail.patch
 Patch3: autofs-5.0.1-export-check-network-fix-2.patch
 Patch4: autofs-5.0.1-check-mtab-updated.patch
+Patch5: autofs-5.0.1-file-map-allow-white-space-only-line.patch
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: autoconf, hesiod-devel, openldap-devel, bison, flex, libxml2-devel, cyrus-sasl-devel, openssl-devel
 Conflicts: kernel < 2.6.17
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ echo %{version}-%{release} > .version
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 
 %build
 #CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=%{_libdir}
@@ -111,6 +113,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/autofs/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 1 2007 Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com> - 5.0.1-3
+- change file map lexer to allow white-space only blank lines (bz 229434).
+
 * Fri Feb 23 2007 Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com> - 5.0.1-2
 - update "@network" matching patch.