diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONParser.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONParser.java
index f62af6a2b1..27e7303ac5 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONParser.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONParser.java
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ final class JSONParser extends AbstractParseContext {
         }
 
         position(i);
+        parseWhitespaceIf();
         return new String(chars, p, i - p);
     }