diff --git a/test/parser/whitespace-leading-trailing/input.html b/test/parser/whitespace-leading-trailing/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..569aa2db4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/whitespace-leading-trailing/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+
+				<p>just chillin' over here</p>
diff --git a/test/parser/whitespace-leading-trailing/output.json b/test/parser/whitespace-leading-trailing/output.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..796829a365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/whitespace-leading-trailing/output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+	"html": {
+		"start": 6,
+		"end": 36,
+		"type": "Fragment",
+		"children": [
+			{
+				"start": 6,
+				"end": 36,
+				"type": "Element",
+				"name": "p",
+				"attributes": [],
+				"children": [
+					{
+						"start": 9,
+						"end": 32,
+						"type": "Text",
+						"data": "just chillin' over here"
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		]
+	},
+	"css": null,
+	"js": null
+}
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index d3cfa957b8..efd690d92f 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe( 'svelte', () => {
 			const solo = exists( `test/parser/${dir}/solo` );
 
 			( solo ? it.only : it )( dir, () => {
-				const input = fs.readFileSync( `test/parser/${dir}/input.html`, 'utf-8' ).trim();
+				const input = fs.readFileSync( `test/parser/${dir}/input.html`, 'utf-8' );
 
 				try {
 					const actual = parse( input );