diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
index 0985091e9c..62e11d978d 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/tests/test_pages_views.py
@@ -670,6 +670,24 @@ class TestPageCreation(TestCase, WagtailTestUtils):
         page = Page.objects.order_by('-id').first()
         self.assertEqual(page.seo_title, '')
 
+    def test_whitespace_is_stripped_from_titles(self):
+        post_data = {
+            'title': "   Hello   ",
+            'content': "Some content",
+            'slug': 'hello-world',
+            'action-submit': "Submit",
+            'seo_title': '   hello SEO   '
+        }
+        response = self.client.post(reverse('wagtailadmin_pages:add', args=('tests', 'simplepage', self.root_page.id)), post_data)
+
+        # Should be successful, as both title and seo_title are non-empty after stripping
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+
+        # Whitespace should be automatically stripped from title and seo_title
+        page = Page.objects.order_by('-id').first()
+        self.assertEqual(page.title, 'Hello')
+        self.assertEqual(page.seo_title, 'hello SEO')
+
     def test_long_slug(self):
         post_data = {
             'title': "Hello world",