diff --git a/lib/stdio/vfprintf.c b/lib/stdio/vfprintf.c
index 00ac4917..0b2c30a0 100644
--- a/lib/stdio/vfprintf.c
+++ b/lib/stdio/vfprintf.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ vfprintf (FILE * f, char const *format, va_list ap)
             c = *++p;
           }
         char pad = ' ';
+        if (c == ' ')
+          {
+            pad = c;
+            c = *p++;
+          }
         if (c == '0')
           {
             pad = c;
diff --git a/lib/stdio/vsnprintf.c b/lib/stdio/vsnprintf.c
index b1ed2e0a..9a8d796d 100644
--- a/lib/stdio/vsnprintf.c
+++ b/lib/stdio/vsnprintf.c
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ vsnprintf (char *str, size_t size, char const *format, va_list ap)
             c = *++p;
           }
         char pad = ' ';
+        if (c == ' ')
+          {
+            pad = c;
+            c = *p++;
+          }
         if (c == '0')
           {
             pad = c;