diff --git a/scanner/scanner.go b/scanner/scanner.go
index ae3eb3a..501534e 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanSingleQuote(ctx *Context) (*token.Token, error) {
 			isNewLine = true
 			s.progressLine(ctx)
 			continue
-		} else if c == ' ' && isFirstLineChar {
+		} else if isFirstLineChar && (c == ' ' || c == '\t') {
 			continue
 		} else if c != '\'' {
 			value = append(value, c)
diff --git a/yaml_test_suite_test.go b/yaml_test_suite_test.go
index 6111f9a..5a54112 100644
--- a/yaml_test_suite_test.go
+++ b/yaml_test_suite_test.go
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ var failureTestNames = []string{
 	"spec-example-7-19-single-pair-flow-mappings",
 	"spec-example-7-20-single-pair-explicit-entry",
 	"spec-example-7-24-flow-nodes",
-	"spec-example-7-9-single-quoted-lines",
 	"spec-example-8-10-folded-lines-8-13-final-empty-lines",
 	"spec-example-8-15-block-sequence-entry-types",
 	"spec-example-8-17-explicit-block-mapping-entries",