diff --git a/tools/build/make_check/Makefile b/tools/build/make_check/Makefile
index 0ae687e51c09..bf26b446a83e 100644
--- a/tools/build/make_check/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/make_check/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ all:
 	@echo "Running test funny_targets"
 	@${MAKE} funny_targets || ${MAKE} failure
 	@echo "PASS: Test funny_targets detected no regression."
+	@echo "Running test arith_expr"
+	@${MAKE} arith_expr || ${MAKE} failure
+	@echo "PASS: Test arith_expr detected no regression."
 
 .if make(double)
 # Doubly-defined targets.  make(1) will warn, but use the "right" one.  If it
@@ -90,6 +93,15 @@ colons::target:
 exclamation!target: 
 .endif
 
+.if make(arith_expr)
+arith_expr:
+# See if arithmetic expression parsing is broken.
+# The different spacing below is intentional.
+VALUE=	0
+.if (${VALUE} < 0)||(${VALUE}>0)
+.endif
+.endif
+
 failure:
 	@echo "FAIL: Test failed: regression detected.  See above."
 	@false
diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/Makefile b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/Makefile
index 0ae687e51c09..bf26b446a83e 100644
--- a/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/Makefile
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ all:
 	@echo "Running test funny_targets"
 	@${MAKE} funny_targets || ${MAKE} failure
 	@echo "PASS: Test funny_targets detected no regression."
+	@echo "Running test arith_expr"
+	@${MAKE} arith_expr || ${MAKE} failure
+	@echo "PASS: Test arith_expr detected no regression."
 
 .if make(double)
 # Doubly-defined targets.  make(1) will warn, but use the "right" one.  If it
@@ -90,6 +93,15 @@ colons::target:
 exclamation!target: 
 .endif
 
+.if make(arith_expr)
+arith_expr:
+# See if arithmetic expression parsing is broken.
+# The different spacing below is intentional.
+VALUE=	0
+.if (${VALUE} < 0)||(${VALUE}>0)
+.endif
+.endif
+
 failure:
 	@echo "FAIL: Test failed: regression detected.  See above."
 	@false
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/cond.c b/usr.bin/make/cond.c
index 6f82ecbee3ea..8eab811f6317 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/cond.c
+++ b/usr.bin/make/cond.c
@@ -688,16 +688,13 @@ do_string_compare:
 			}
 		    } else {
 			char *c = CondCvtArg(rhs, &right);
-			if (*c != '\0' && !isspace((unsigned char) *c))
+			if (c == rhs)
 			    goto do_string_compare;
 			if (rhs == condExpr) {
 			    /*
 			     * Skip over the right-hand side
 			     */
-			    while(!isspace((unsigned char) *condExpr) &&
-				  (*condExpr != '\0')) {
-				condExpr++;
-			    }
+			    condExpr = c;
 			}
 		    }