diff --git a/gnu/installer/connman.scm b/gnu/installer/connman.scm
index ef8cca3952..b6e3dfd909 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/connman.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/connman.scm
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ to be translated."
 
 Return the corresponding association list of '((KEY . VALUE) (KEY2 . VALUE2)
 ...)  elements."
-  (let ((key-regex (make-regexp "([^ ]+) = ([^$]+)")))
+  (let ((key-regex (make-regexp "([^ ]+) = ([^$]*)")))
     (map (lambda (key)
            (let ((match-key (regexp-exec key-regex key)))
              (cons (match:substring match-key 1)