diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
index f4b5ae0fd1..e0f4bb5869 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
@@ -413,6 +413,24 @@
         </answer>
     </qandaentry>
 
+    <qandaentry>
+        <question>
+            <para>
+                Why don't you support directories with spaces in the pathnames?
+            </para>
+        </question>
+        <answer>
+            <para>
+                We have tried to do this before but too many of the tools we depend on such as autoconf 
+                break when they find spaces in pathnames.  
+                Until that situation changes we will not support spaces in pathnames.
+            </para>
+        </answer>
+    </qandaentry>
+
+
+
+
     <qandaentry>
         <question>
             <para>