diff --git a/papaparse.js b/papaparse.js
index cb8c992..7351964 100644
--- a/papaparse.js
+++ b/papaparse.js
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
 			if (_config.skipEmptyLines)
 			{
 				for (var i = 0; i < _results.data.length; i++)
-					if (_results.data[i].length === 1 && _results.data[i][0] === '')
+					if (_results.data[i].length === 1 && _results.data[i][0].trim() === '')
 						_results.data.splice(i--, 1);
 			}