diff --git a/lua/tokenizer.lua b/lua/tokenizer.lua
index c213cf7..00a71e6 100644
--- a/lua/tokenizer.lua
+++ b/lua/tokenizer.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ char *LT_ReadNumber();
 char *LT_ReadString(char term);
 char *LT_Escaper(char *str, size_t pos, char escape);
 LT_Token LT_GetToken();
+void LT_SkipWhite();
 ]])
 
 local pReturn
@@ -141,4 +142,8 @@ function tokenizer:setPos(newPos)
 	tokenizer:checkError()
 end
 
+function tokenizer:skipWhite()
+	loveToken.LT_SkipWhite()
+end
+
 return tokenizer
diff --git a/src/lt.c b/src/lt.c
index 38aee91..762f7ab 100644
--- a/src/lt.c
+++ b/src/lt.c
@@ -878,3 +878,14 @@ LT_Token LT_GetToken()
 	return tk;
 }
 
+void LT_SkipWhite()
+{
+	char c = fgetc(parseFile);
+	
+	while(isspace(c) && c != EOF)
+	{
+		c = fgetc(parseFile);
+	}
+	
+	ungetc(c, parseFile);
+}
diff --git a/src/lt.h b/src/lt.h
index 2e36619..f7f23dd 100644
--- a/src/lt.h
+++ b/src/lt.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ char *LT_EXPORT LT_ReadNumber();
 char *LT_EXPORT LT_ReadString(char term);
 char *LT_EXPORT LT_Escaper(char *str, size_t pos, char escape);
 LT_Token LT_EXPORT LT_GetToken();
+void LT_EXPORT LT_SkipWhite();
 
 /*
  * Variables