diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Filter/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Filter/v1.js
index 6757456d1e..fcbe0a49a7 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Filter/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Filter/v1.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.Filter.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
         xlink: "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink",
         xsi: "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     },
-    
+
     /**
      * Property: defaultPrefix
      */
@@ -180,18 +180,18 @@ OpenLayers.Format.Filter.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
             },
             "Literal": function(node, obj) {
                 obj.value = OpenLayers.String.numericIf(
-                    this.getChildValue(node));
+                    this.getChildValue(node).replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, ""));
             },
             "PropertyName": function(node, filter) {
                 filter.property = this.getChildValue(node);
             },
             "LowerBoundary": function(node, filter) {
                 filter.lowerBoundary = OpenLayers.String.numericIf(
-                    this.readers.ogc._expression.call(this, node));
+                    this.readers.ogc._expression.call(this, node).replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, ""));
             },
             "UpperBoundary": function(node, filter) {
                 filter.upperBoundary = OpenLayers.String.numericIf(
-                    this.readers.ogc._expression.call(this, node));
+                    this.readers.ogc._expression.call(this, node).replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, ""));
             },
             "Intersects": function(node, obj) {
                 this.readSpatial(node, obj, OpenLayers.Filter.Spatial.INTERSECTS);
diff --git a/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html b/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html
index a295a746b8..1f50e4fa14 100644
--- a/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html
+++ b/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html
@@ -523,6 +523,14 @@
         
     }
 
+    function test_whitespace(t) {
+        t.plan(1);
+        var xml = readXML("propertyisbetweenwhitespace.sld");
+        var output = new OpenLayers.Format.SLD().read(xml);
+        var filter = output.namedLayers['geonode:US_Stat0'].userStyles[0].rules[0].filter;
+        t.eq(filter.lowerBoundary, 29.7, "whitespace ignored in values and value transformed to number");
+    }
+
     function test_label_LinePlacement(t) {
         t.plan(1);
         var format = new OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0({
@@ -970,5 +978,51 @@
     </sld:FeatureTypeStyle>
 </sld:UserStyle>
 --></div>
+<div id="propertyisbetweenwhitespace.sld"><!--
+<sld:StyledLayerDescriptor xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" version="1.0.0">
+    <sld:NamedLayer>
+        <sld:Name>geonode:US_Stat0</sld:Name>
+        <sld:UserStyle>
+            <sld:Name>US_Stat0_5cbbe918</sld:Name>
+            <sld:Title>BMI&lt;25</sld:Title>
+            <sld:FeatureTypeStyle>
+                <sld:Name>name</sld:Name>
+                <sld:Rule>
+                    <sld:Title>BMI&lt;25</sld:Title>
+                    <ogc:Filter>
+                        <ogc:PropertyIsBetween>
+                            <ogc:PropertyName>Hlt_st_BMI</ogc:PropertyName>
+                            <ogc:LowerBoundary>
+                                <ogc:Literal>
+
+
+                                29.7
+
+
+                            </ogc:Literal>
+                            </ogc:LowerBoundary>
+                            <ogc:UpperBoundary>
+                                <ogc:Literal>
+
+
+                                36.2
+
+
+                            </ogc:Literal>
+                            </ogc:UpperBoundary>
+                        </ogc:PropertyIsBetween>
+                    </ogc:Filter>
+                    <sld:PolygonSymbolizer>
+                        <sld:Fill>
+                            <sld:CssParameter name="fill">#C0F58C</sld:CssParameter>
+                        </sld:Fill>
+                        <sld:Stroke/>
+                    </sld:PolygonSymbolizer>
+                </sld:Rule>
+            </sld:FeatureTypeStyle>
+        </sld:UserStyle>
+    </sld:NamedLayer>
+</sld:StyledLayerDescriptor>
+--></div>
 </body> 
 </html>