--- makeself-2.1.4/stripmakeself.pix	2005-08-20 15:32:02.000000000 +0200
+++ makeself-2.1.4/stripmakeself	2006-10-05 18:36:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@
 
 open (FILE,'<',$file) or die $!;
 
-<FILE> =~ /#! ?\/bin\/sh\n/ or die "file is not a shell script";
+{
+    my $s;
+    do { $s = <FILE> } until $s !~ /^$/;
+    $s =~ m/^#! ?\/bin\/sh$/ or die "file is not a shell script";
+}
 
 my $offset = getarchiveoffset();
 if($offset < 0)