diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
index 1aa125e6..f6fb501e 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const ID3v1::StringHandler *ID3v1::Tag::TagPrivate::stringHandler = new StringHa
 
 String ID3v1::StringHandler::parse(const ByteVector &data) const
 {
-  return String(data, String::Latin1);
+  return String(data, String::Latin1).stripWhiteSpace();
 }
 
 ByteVector ID3v1::StringHandler::render(const String &s) const