diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index 0d33dbb163e5cdef5e14a557015fe0cd7662e2af..c921c45f4a1f09b18810395e8bd5f5773e7d2cb5 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class OC {
 	 * SPL autoload
 	 */
 	public static function autoload($className) {
+		$className = trim ($className, '\\');
+		
 		if (array_key_exists($className, OC::$CLASSPATH)) {
 			$path = OC::$CLASSPATH[$className];
 			/** @TODO: Remove this when necessary