diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/CssSelector/CssSelector.php b/src/Symfony/Component/CssSelector/CssSelector.php
index ed74df3fb752..86f81ebc72b7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/CssSelector/CssSelector.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/CssSelector/CssSelector.php
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ private function parseSelector($stream)
             } elseif (in_array($peek, array('+', '>', '~'))) {
                 // A combinator
                 $combinator = (string) $stream->next();
+
+                // Ignore optional whitespace after a combinator
+                while (' ' == $stream->peek()) {
+                    $stream->next();
+                }
             } else {
                 $combinator = ' ';
             }
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/CssSelector/CssSelectorTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/CssSelector/CssSelectorTest.php
index 23bd5a697dfa..9165f74f9186 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/CssSelector/CssSelectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/CssSelector/CssSelectorTest.php
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ public function getCssSelectors()
             array('h1 .foo', "h1/descendant::*[contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), ' foo ')]"),
             array('h1 #foo', "h1/descendant::*[@id = 'foo']"),
             array('h1 [class*=foo]', "h1/descendant::*[contains(@class, 'foo')]"),
+            array('div>.foo', "div/*[contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), ' foo ')]"),
+            array('div > .foo', "div/*[contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), ' foo ')]"),
         );
     }
 }