diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/acl/posixacl.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/acl/posixacl.rb
index 3b67899..3aa3de9 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/acl/posixacl.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/acl/posixacl.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def permission
     getfacl('--absolute-names', '--no-effective', @resource.value(:path)).split("\n").each do |line|
       # Strip comments and blank lines
       if !(line =~ /^#/) and !(line == "")
-        value << line
+        value << line.gsub('\040', ' ')
       end
     end
     value.sort