diff --git a/ckan/logic/converters.py b/ckan/logic/converters.py
index f6a844afb99..17e355dac10 100644
--- a/ckan/logic/converters.py
+++ b/ckan/logic/converters.py
@@ -181,3 +181,9 @@ def convert_to_json_if_string(value, context):
             raise df.Invalid(_('Could not parse as valid JSON'))
     else:
         return value
+
+
+def remove_whitespace(value, context):
+    if isinstance(value, basestring):
+        return value.strip()
+    return value
diff --git a/ckan/logic/schema.py b/ckan/logic/schema.py
index e9bd4077260..2cf78df78f6 100644
--- a/ckan/logic/schema.py
+++ b/ckan/logic/schema.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
                                    convert_package_name_or_id_to_id,
                                    convert_group_name_or_id_to_id,
                                    convert_to_json_if_string,
+                                   remove_whitespace,
                                    )
 from formencode.validators import OneOf
 import ckan.model
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def default_resource_schema():
         'revision_id': [ignore_missing, unicode],
         'resource_group_id': [ignore],
         'package_id': [ignore],
-        'url': [not_empty, unicode],#, URL(add_http=False)],
+        'url': [not_empty, unicode, remove_whitespace],#, URL(add_http=False)],
         'description': [ignore_missing, unicode],
         'format': [ignore_missing, unicode],
         'hash': [ignore_missing, unicode],