diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index b403a7fc869..1e2540fafb7 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Cli(object):
             this_path = os.path.expanduser(options.vault_password_file)
             try:
                 f = open(this_path, "rb")
-                tmp_vault_pass=f.read()
+                tmp_vault_pass=f.read().strip()
                 f.close()
             except (OSError, IOError), e:
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("Could not read %s: %s" % (this_path, e))
diff --git a/bin/ansible-playbook b/bin/ansible-playbook
index 18f8af208a0..f54c17d7aa7 100755
--- a/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def main(args):
             this_path = os.path.expanduser(options.vault_password_file)
             try:
                 f = open(this_path, "rb")
-                tmp_vault_pass=f.read()
+                tmp_vault_pass=f.read().strip()
                 f.close()
             except (OSError, IOError), e:
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("Could not read %s: %s" % (this_path, e))