diff --git a/src/questions.py b/src/questions.py
index 5831d6dcd..72de7ac44 100644
--- a/src/questions.py
+++ b/src/questions.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def expect(prompt, possibilities, recursed=False, doindent=True, default=None):
 
     If possibilities is empty, allow anything.
     """
+    prompt = utils.normalizeWhitespace(prompt)
     originalPrompt = prompt
     if doindent:
         indent = ' ' * ((len(originalPrompt)%68) + 2)