diff --git a/tools/platforms/FlashPlatform.hx b/tools/platforms/FlashPlatform.hx
index fbba8c1b4..cc6656261 100644
--- a/tools/platforms/FlashPlatform.hx
+++ b/tools/platforms/FlashPlatform.hx
@@ -67,10 +67,9 @@ class FlashPlatform extends PlatformTarget {
 				
 			}
 			
-			hxml = StringTools.replace (hxml, "\n", " ");
 			hxml = StringTools.trim (hxml);
 			
-			var args = hxml.split (" ");
+			var args = new EReg ("\\s+", "g").split (hxml);
 			var strip;
 			
 			while ((strip = args.indexOf ("-swf-header")) > -1) {
@@ -79,6 +78,23 @@ class FlashPlatform extends PlatformTarget {
 				
 			}
 			
+			var index = 1;
+			
+			while (index < args.length) {
+				
+				if (!StringTools.startsWith (args[index - 1], "-") && !StringTools.startsWith (args[index], "-")) {
+					
+					args[index - 1] += " " + args[index];
+					args.splice (index, 1);
+					
+				} else {
+					
+					index++;
+					
+				}
+				
+			}
+			
 			if (PlatformHelper.hostPlatform != Platform.WINDOWS) {
 				
 				for (i in 0...args.length) {
@@ -298,4 +314,4 @@ class FlashPlatform extends PlatformTarget {
 	@ignore public override function trace ():Void {}
 	@ignore public override function uninstall ():Void {}
 	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}