diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd/Config.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd/Config.pm
index 4fed567..d7485fe 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd/Config.pm
@@ -150,8 +150,11 @@ sub from_environment {
 
     my $env_name = "QPSMTPD_" . $config;
     return unless $ENV{$env_name};
-    my @config;
-    push(@config, $ENV{$env_name});
+
+    my @config = split "\n", $ENV{$env_name};
+
+    chomp @config;
+    for (@config) { s/^\s+//; s/\s+$//; }    # trim leading/trailing whitespace
 
 
     return wantarray ? @config : $config[0];