diff --git a/lib/cache_digests/template_digestor.rb b/lib/cache_digests/template_digestor.rb
index 86ea4eb..b209253 100644
--- a/lib/cache_digests/template_digestor.rb
+++ b/lib/cache_digests/template_digestor.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ class TemplateDigestor
     #   render(topics)         => render("topics/topic")
     #   render(message.topics) => render("topics/topic")
     RENDER_DEPENDENCY = /
-      render\s*                     # render, followed by optional whitespace
-      \(?                           # start an optional parenthesis for the render call
+      render(?:\s+?|                # render, followed by optional whitespace
+      \()                           # start an optional parenthesis for the render call
       (partial:|:partial\s+=>)?\s*  # naming the partial, used with collection -- 1st capture
       ([@a-z"'][@a-z_\/\."']+)      # the template name itself -- 2nd capture
     /x
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ def explicit_dependencies
         source.scan(EXPLICIT_DEPENDENCY).flatten.uniq
       end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/test/render_dependency_matcher_test.rb b/test/render_dependency_matcher_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0af27f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/render_dependency_matcher_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require 'cache_digests/test_helper'
+require 'fileutils'
+
+class RenderDependencyMatcherTest < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_matches_render_partial
+    assert_matched "render partial: \"comments/comment\", collection: commentable.comments"
+  end
+
+  def test_matches_render_no_partial_double_quote
+    assert_matched "render \"comments/comments\""
+  end
+
+  def test_matches_render_no_partial_single_quote
+    assert_matched "render 'comments/comments'"
+  end
+
+  def test_matches_render_no_partial_single_quote_in_parens
+    assert_matched "render('comments/comments')"
+  end
+
+  def test_matches_render_with_instance_var
+    assert_matched "render(@topic)"
+  end
+
+  def test_matches_render_with_local_var
+    assert_matched "render(topics)"
+  end
+
+  def test_misses_string_rendered
+    assert_misses "rendered"
+  end
+
+  private
+    def matcher
+      CacheDigests::TemplateDigestor::RENDER_DEPENDENCY
+    end
+
+    def assert_matched(str)
+      assert str =~ matcher, "Should have matched #{str} but didn't."
+    end
+
+    def assert_misses(str)
+      assert str !~ matcher, "Matched #{str} but should not have."
+    end
+end