diff --git a/testing/dav_test b/testing/dav_test
index 2b1c4c00..aaf7f00d 100755
--- a/testing/dav_test
+++ b/testing/dav_test
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ sub run_curl {
     my $line = $_;
 
     # Grab the web server request_id for later reference
-    if ($line =~ /^Request-ID: (.*?)$/) {
+    if ($line =~ /^Request-ID: (.*?)\s*$/) {
       $ENV{REQUEST_ID} = $1;
       $request_id      = $1;
       print $REQUEST_ID_FILE "$1\n";