diff --git a/configure.php b/configure.php
index 6acbbce9e7..3e9f105dc5 100755
--- a/configure.php
+++ b/configure.php
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ function dtd_file_entities()
 function dom_load( DOMDocument $dom , string $filename , string $baseURI = "" ) : bool
 {
     $filename = realpath( $filename );
-    $options = LIBXML_NOENT | LIBXML_COMPACT | LIBXML_BIGLINES | LIBXML_PARSEHUGE;
+    $options = LIBXML_NOENT | LIBXML_COMPACT | LIBXML_BIGLINES | LIBXML_PARSEHUGE | LIBXML_NOBLANKS;
     return $dom->load( $filename , $options );
 }