diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
index b60acbcea..7701f5a32 100644
--- a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ class CakeTestCase extends UnitTestCase {
 			foreach ($tags as $tag => $attributes) {
 				$regex[] = array(
 					sprintf('Open %s tag', $tag),
-					sprintf('<%s', preg_quote($tag, '/')),
+					sprintf('[\s]*<%s', preg_quote($tag, '/')),
 					$i,
 				);
 				if ($attributes === true) {