diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 082ba41..86c5cfe 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ Tput.prototype.parseTermcap = function(data) {
   data = data.replace(/^#[^\n]+/gm, '');
 
   // split entries
-  entries = data.split(/\n+/);
+  entries = data.trim().split(/\n+/);
 
   for (i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
     fields = entries[i].split(/:+/);