diff --git a/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageList.java b/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageList.java
index 2ab7ccd22..348345617 100644
--- a/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageList.java
+++ b/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageList.java
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ public class MessageList extends K9ListActivity {
             }
 
             Pattern pattern = null;
-            String patternString = "^ *(re|fw|fwd): *";
+            String patternString = "^ *(re|aw|fw|fwd): *";
             private String stripPrefixes(String in) {
                 synchronized (patternString) {
                     if (pattern == null) {