diff --git a/include/profiles b/include/profiles
index 26b7b9b1..8121cd9a 100644
--- a/include/profiles
+++ b/include/profiles
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         fi
 
         # Now parse the profile and filter out unwanted characters
-        DATA=$(egrep "^config:|^[a-z-].*=" ${PROFILE} | tr -dc '[:alnum:]/\[\]\(\)\-_\|,\.:;= \n\r' | sed 's/ /!space!/g')
+        DATA=$(egrep "^config:|^[a-z-].*=" ${PROFILE} | tr -dc '[:alnum:]/\[\]\(\)_\|,\.:;= \n\r-' | sed 's/ /!space!/g')
         for CONFIGOPTION in ${DATA}; do
             if ContainsString "^config:" "${CONFIGOPTION}"; then
                 # Old style configuration