diff --git a/ardour.rc.in b/ardour.rc.in
index 61e7c976b9..de79c11ebc 100644
--- a/ardour.rc.in
+++ b/ardour.rc.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <Ardour>
   <MIDI-port tag="%MIDITAG%" device="ardour" type="%MIDITYPE%" mode="duplex"/>
   <MIDI-port tag="control" device="ardour" type="%MIDITYPE%" mode="duplex"/>