diff --git a/plugins/relayd/relayd b/plugins/relayd/relayd
index bddbbdcf..e43400c2 100755
--- a/plugins/relayd/relayd
+++ b/plugins/relayd/relayd
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ while ( $content =~ /^\s*table\s*<([^>]+)>\s*{([^}]+)}/mg) {
         $hosts =~ s/#.*$//mg; # comments
         $hosts =~ s/^\s+//mg; # trim spaces before lines
         print "hosts: $hosts\n" if $Munin::Plugin::DEBUG;
-        push @hosts , split /\s+/, $hosts;
+        push @hosts , split /,?\s+/, $hosts;
 }
 
 if ($cmd eq 'config') {