diff --git a/dart/lib/html.dart b/dart/lib/html.dart
index 0082a70a..55147590 100644
--- a/dart/lib/html.dart
+++ b/dart/lib/html.dart
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ abstract class HtmlPageLoaderElement implements PageLoaderElement {
 
   // TODO(DrMarcII) consider normalizing string
   @override
-  String get visibleText => _elementText(node).trim();
+  String get visibleText => _normalize(_elementText(node));
 
   @override
   List<HtmlPageLoaderElement> getElementsByCss(String selector) =>
@@ -487,6 +487,32 @@ String _elementText(n) {
   return _elementText(n.nodes);
 }
 
+final _nonBreaking = new RegExp(r'^[\S\xa0]$');
+
+String _normalize(String string) {
+  var skipWS = true;
+  var addWS = false;
+  var buffer = new StringBuffer();
+  for (int i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {
+    var char = string[i];
+    if (char.contains(_nonBreaking)) {
+      if (addWS) {
+        buffer.write(' ');
+      }
+      if (char == '\xa0') {
+        buffer.write(' ');
+      } else {
+        buffer.write(char);
+      }
+      skipWS = false;
+    } else if (!skipWS) {
+      addWS = true;
+      skipWS = true;
+    }
+  }
+  return buffer.toString();
+}
+
 class _SyncActionClock extends FakeClock {
   final SyncActionFn syncActionFn;
 
diff --git a/dart/pubspec.yaml b/dart/pubspec.yaml
index 4eede9df..d15f2c0e 100644
--- a/dart/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/dart/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: pageloader
-version: 1.3.1
+version: 1.3.2
 author: Google Inc.
 description: >
   Supports the creation of page objects that can be shared between in-browser tests
diff --git a/dart/test/html_no_shadow_dom_test.dart b/dart/test/html_no_shadow_dom_test.dart
index 103e1330..933462a2 100644
--- a/dart/test/html_no_shadow_dom_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/html_no_shadow_dom_test.dart
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ void main() {
         </a-custom-tag>
         <a-custom-tag id="button-2">
           <button id="inner">some button 2</button>
-        </a-custom-tag>''';
+        </a-custom-tag>
+        <p id="nbsp">   &nbsp; &nbsp;   </p>''';
 
     var div = body.querySelectorAll('div[id=testdocument]');
     if (div.length == 1) {
diff --git a/dart/test/html_test.dart b/dart/test/html_test.dart
index b5ce9aca..2d49a979 100644
--- a/dart/test/html_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/html_test.dart
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ void main() {
         </a-custom-tag>
         <a-custom-tag id="button-2">
           button 2
-        </a-custom-tag>''';
+        </a-custom-tag>
+        <p id="nbsp"> &nbsp; &nbsp; </p>''';
 
     var templateHtml = '<button id="inner">some <content></content></button>';
 
diff --git a/dart/test/page_objects.dart b/dart/test/page_objects.dart
index 02596a0e..334ff363 100644
--- a/dart/test/page_objects.dart
+++ b/dart/test/page_objects.dart
@@ -434,3 +434,8 @@ class PageForTextAreaTypingText {
   @ById('textarea')
   PageLoaderElement textArea;
 }
+
+class PageForNbspTest {
+  @ById('nbsp')
+  PageLoaderElement span;
+}
diff --git a/dart/test/pageloader_test.dart b/dart/test/pageloader_test.dart
index 3b3d3d5d..e51db0a8 100644
--- a/dart/test/pageloader_test.dart
+++ b/dart/test/pageloader_test.dart
@@ -372,6 +372,12 @@ void runTests() {
       page.textArea.clear();
       expect(page.textArea.attributes['value'], '');
     });
+
+    solo_test('nbsp in text', () {
+      PageForNbspTest page = loader.getInstance(PageForNbspTest);
+      expect(page.span.visibleText, '   ');
+      expect(page.span.innerText, '');
+    });
   });
 
   group('waitFor()', () {
diff --git a/dart/test/webdriver_no_shadow_dom_test_page.html b/dart/test/webdriver_no_shadow_dom_test_page.html
index 3a393a1e..a66245dd 100644
--- a/dart/test/webdriver_no_shadow_dom_test_page.html
+++ b/dart/test/webdriver_no_shadow_dom_test_page.html
@@ -70,5 +70,7 @@
     <a-custom-tag id="button-2">
       <button id="inner">some button 2</button>
     </a-custom-tag>
+    <p id="nbsp"> &nbsp;
+        &nbsp; </p>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/dart/test/webdriver_test_page.html b/dart/test/webdriver_test_page.html
index 713f6499..928d6908 100644
--- a/dart/test/webdriver_test_page.html
+++ b/dart/test/webdriver_test_page.html
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
     <a-custom-tag id="button-2">
       button 2
     </a-custom-tag>
+    <p id="nbsp"> &nbsp;
+        &nbsp; </p>
     <template id="button-template">
       <button id="inner">some <content></content></button>
     </template>