diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/eyaml_tools/decrypt.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/eyaml_tools/decrypt.rb
index 8e8e6ab..46b38ab 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/functions/eyaml_tools/decrypt.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/functions/eyaml_tools/decrypt.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   def decrypt(enc_data)
     EyamlTools.ensure_config
     parser = Hiera::Backend::Eyaml::Parser::ParserFactory.encrypted_parser
-    tokens = parser.parse(enc_data)
+    tokens = parser.parse(enc_data.gsub(/\s/,'')) # strip whitespace from ENC[] token
     decrypted = tokens.map{ |token|
       case token.class.name
         when /::EncToken$/
diff --git a/spec/functions/decrypt_spec.rb b/spec/functions/decrypt_spec.rb
index adfa54d..edef2bf 100644
--- a/spec/functions/decrypt_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/functions/decrypt_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-FOO_ENC = 'ENC[PKCS7,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]'
+# The normal parser can't handle whitepace or newlines but we strip them out so that you can
+# add newlines if preferred
+FOO_ENC = "ENC[PKCS7,MIIBeQYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIIBajCCAWYCAQAxggEhMIIBHQIBADAFMAACAQEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQE
+BBQAEggEAkHeLWY+nDYcVJcK4e0ASbCO/DgBFXoU4G02J+QqOJpkAQg3CX6KhxzuQyNwLwvqElFdICfxHIXSgO6Pw76taDW8P
+rTBR5Lmv38Z5mC0aIL9hwOTRlvyyx4fkLM4CFBGVbpVSzFmJ6PEgvaosG2hYjKiColIgcLG4JISRHnPOsveDHaDs3AqpRr4TRJIV2v4skYieJM6cWJ93s+maO
+UCNDunWXrcQQpIYahj8WrYmqmf4sE1bpqtNqTMicCtGV32IccIieB1Sqzlw6YOtu6/e6NDmUzxNqXRcbIGIXNfrLM/nOpmXepRJ9MhlnGwYQ6C+0CPbNKrfwymSVirgUMpGKDA8BgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHQYJYIZIAWUDBAEqBBA9Wfkfu+oGYAx2XZGmRdQqgBBcolP8SXZ0l+tPHKg6a3H7]"
 
 describe 'eyaml_tools::decrypt' do
  it { is_expected.to run.with_params(FOO_ENC).and_return('foo') }