--- java/org/apache/jasper/compiler/ParserController.java	(revision )
+++ java/org/apache/jasper/compiler/ParserController.java	(revision )
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ 
         return fileName;
     }
 
-    /*
+    /**
      * Checks to see if the given page contains, as its first element, a <root>
      * element whose prefix is bound to the JSP namespace, as in:
      *
@@ -608,16 +608,17 @@ 
         }
         if (index < root.length() && root.charAt(index) == '=') {
             index++;
-            while (index < root.length()
-                    && Character.isWhitespace(root.charAt(index))) {
+            while (index < root.length() && Character.isWhitespace(root.charAt(index))) {
                 index++;
             }
-            if (index < root.length() && root.charAt(index++) == '"'
-                && root.regionMatches(index, JSP_URI, 0,
-                        JSP_URI.length())) {
+
+            if (index < root.length() && (root.charAt(index) == '"' || root.charAt(index) == '\'')) {
+                index++;
+                if (root.regionMatches(index, JSP_URI, 0, JSP_URI.length())) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         return false;
     }