diff --git a/x86/xeddata/reader.go b/x86/xeddata/reader.go
index fc8aa94..cd23510 100644
--- a/x86/xeddata/reader.go
+++ b/x86/xeddata/reader.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 	)
 
 	for _, l := range lines {
+		l = strings.TrimLeft(l, " ")
 		if l[0] == '#' { // Skip comment lines.
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/x86/xeddata/testdata/xed_objects.txt b/x86/xeddata/testdata/xed_objects.txt
index 9d0c52e..c252acf 100644
--- a/x86/xeddata/testdata/xed_objects.txt
+++ b/x86/xeddata/testdata/xed_objects.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # {
 # ICLASS : ADD
 # }
+ # comment with leading space
 ====
 []