diff --git a/tests/filetype.t b/tests/filetype.t
index 9e5f5892c..76616e674 100644
--- a/tests/filetype.t
+++ b/tests/filetype.t
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Setup:
 
   $ . $TESTDIR/setup.sh
-  $ TEST_FILETYPE_EXT1=`ag --list-file-types | grep -E '^\s+\..+' | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`
-  $ TEST_FILETYPE_EXT2=`ag --list-file-types | grep -E '^\s+\..+' | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+  $ TEST_FILETYPE_EXT1=`ag --list-file-types | grep -E '^[ \t]+\..+' | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+  $ TEST_FILETYPE_EXT2=`ag --list-file-types | grep -E '^[ \t]+\..+' | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`
   $ TEST_FILETYPE_DIR=filetype_test
   $ mkdir $TEST_FILETYPE_DIR
   $ printf "This is filetype test1.\n" >  $TEST_FILETYPE_DIR/test.$TEST_FILETYPE_EXT1
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ Setup:
 
 Match only top file type:
 
-  $ TEST_FILETYPE_OPTION=`ag --list-file-types | grep -E '^\s+--.+' | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+  $ TEST_FILETYPE_OPTION=`ag --list-file-types | grep -E '^[ \t]+--.+' | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`
   $ ag 'This is filetype test' --nofilename $TEST_FILETYPE_OPTION $TEST_FILETYPE_DIR
   This is filetype test1.