diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de9443b..518c497 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "connection-string",
-  "version": "2.6.1",
+  "version": "2.6.2",
   "description": "Advanced URL Connection String parser + generator.",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "typings": "src/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 4f5b8d2..862497f 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -231,9 +231,10 @@
                 return d && typeof d === 'object';
             })
                 .forEach(function (dh) {
+                    var h = {name: isText(dh.name) ? dh.name.trim() : null, port: dh.port, type: dh.type};
                     var found = false;
                     for (var i = 0; i < hosts.length; i++) {
-                        var thisHost = fullHostName(hosts[i]), defHost = fullHostName(dh);
+                        var thisHost = fullHostName(hosts[i]), defHost = fullHostName(h);
                         if (thisHost.toLowerCase() === defHost.toLowerCase()) {
                             found = true;
                             break;
@@ -241,18 +242,18 @@
                     }
                     if (!found) {
                         var obj = {};
-                        if (isText(dh.name)) {
-                            obj.name = dh.name;
-                            if (dh.type && dh.type in hostType) {
-                                obj.type = dh.type;
+                        if (h.name) {
+                            obj.name = h.name;
+                            if (h.type && h.type in hostType) {
+                                obj.type = h.type;
                             } else {
-                                var t = parseHost(dh.name);
+                                var t = parseHost(h.name);
                                 if (t) {
                                     obj.type = t.type;
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-                        var p = dh.port;
+                        var p = h.port;
                         if (typeof p === 'number' && p > 0 && p < 65536) {
                             obj.port = p;
                         }
diff --git a/test/mainSpec.js b/test/mainSpec.js
index 0ff292f..59c80dd 100644
--- a/test/mainSpec.js
+++ b/test/mainSpec.js
@@ -533,6 +533,14 @@ describe('setDefaults', () => {
         expect(parse('').setDefaults({hosts: [{name: 'abc'}]})).toEqual({hosts: [{name: 'abc', type: 'domain'}]});
         expect(parse('').setDefaults({hosts: [{port: 123}]})).toEqual({hosts: [{port: 123}]});
     });
+    it('must ignore trailing spaces for host names', () => {
+        expect(parse('one').setDefaults({hosts: [{name: ' one '}]})).toEqual({
+            hosts: [{name: 'one', type: 'domain'}]
+        });
+        expect(parse('one').setDefaults({hosts: [{name: ' \t\ttwo\r\n\t '}]})).toEqual({
+            hosts: [{name: 'one', type: 'domain'}, {name: 'two', type: 'domain'}]
+        });
+    });
     it('must ignore invalid ports', () => {
         expect(parse('').setDefaults({hosts: [{port: '123'}]})).toEqual({});
         expect(parse('').setDefaults({hosts: [{port: 'a'}]})).toEqual({});