diff --git a/src/ignore.c b/src/ignore.c
index fc6194bb5..f2d08f59e 100644
--- a/src/ignore.c
+++ b/src/ignore.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ static int parse_ignore_file(
 			GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(match);
 		}
 
+		match->flags = GIT_ATTR_FNMATCH_ALLOWSPACE;
+
 		if (!(error = git_attr_fnmatch__parse(
 			match, ignores->pool, context, &scan)))
 		{
diff --git a/tests-clar/status/ignore.c b/tests-clar/status/ignore.c
index 369b25bda..0384306c1 100644
--- a/tests-clar/status/ignore.c
+++ b/tests-clar/status/ignore.c
@@ -131,3 +131,17 @@ void test_status_ignore__empty_repo_with_gitignore_rewrite(void)
 	cl_assert(ignored);
 }
 
+void test_status_ignore__ignore_pattern_contains_space(void)
+{
+	unsigned int flags;
+	const mode_t mode = 0777;
+
+	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("empty_standard_repo");
+	cl_git_rewritefile("empty_standard_repo/.gitignore", "foo bar.txt\n");
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_futils_mkdir_r("empty_standard_repo/foo", NULL, mode));
+	cl_git_mkfile("empty_standard_repo/foo/look-ma.txt", "I'm not going to be ignored!");
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_status_file(&flags, g_repo, "foo/look-ma.txt"));
+	cl_assert(flags == GIT_STATUS_WT_NEW);
+}