diff --git a/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/base64.rb b/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/base64.rb
index e5d99a5..154c137 100644
--- a/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/base64.rb
+++ b/util/lib/puppet/parser/functions/base64.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ require 'base64'
 
 module Puppet::Parser::Functions
     newfunction(:base64, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
-        Base64.encode64(args[0])
+        Base64.encode64(args[0]).strip
     end
 end