diff --git a/changedetectionio/forms.py b/changedetectionio/forms.py
index abc2fc4f..8a88c166 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/forms.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/forms.py
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ class processor_text_json_diff_form(commonSettingsForm):
     ignore_status_codes = BooleanField('Ignore status codes (process non-2xx status codes as normal)', default=False)
     check_unique_lines = BooleanField('Only trigger when unique lines appear in all history', default=False)
     sort_text_alphabetically =  BooleanField('Sort text alphabetically', default=False)
+    trim_text_whitespace = BooleanField('Trim whitespace before and after text', default=False)
 
     filter_text_added = BooleanField('Added lines', default=True)
     filter_text_replaced = BooleanField('Replaced/changed lines', default=True)
diff --git a/changedetectionio/model/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/model/__init__.py
index e439de4f..6ecb56f8 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/model/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/model/__init__.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class watch_base(dict):
             'time_between_check': {'weeks': None, 'days': None, 'hours': None, 'minutes': None, 'seconds': None},
             'time_between_check_use_default': True,
             'title': None,
+            'trim_text_whitespace': False,
             'track_ldjson_price_data': None,
             'trigger_text': [],  # List of text or regex to wait for until a change is detected
             'url': '',
diff --git a/changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py b/changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py
index 115cb6b1..f5a23572 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
             stripped_text_from_html = stripped_text_from_html.replace('\n\n', '\n')
             stripped_text_from_html = '\n'.join( sorted(stripped_text_from_html.splitlines(), key=lambda x: x.lower() ))
 
+        if watch.get('trim_text_whitespace') and stripped_text_from_html:
+            stripped_text_from_html = '\n'.join(line.strip() for line in stripped_text_from_html.splitlines())
+
         # Re #340 - return the content before the 'ignore text' was applied
         text_content_before_ignored_filter = stripped_text_from_html.encode('utf-8')
 
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html b/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
index e5f5e642..8ce3b095 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
@@ -338,6 +338,11 @@ nav
                     {{ render_checkbox_field(form.sort_text_alphabetically) }}
                     <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Helps reduce changes detected caused by sites shuffling lines around, combine with <i>check unique lines</i> below.</span>
                 </fieldset>
+                <fieldset class="pure-control-group">
+                    {{ render_checkbox_field(form.trim_text_whitespace) }}
+                    <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Remove any whitespace before and after each line of text</span>
+
+                </fieldset>
                 <fieldset class="pure-control-group">
                     {{ render_checkbox_field(form.check_unique_lines) }}
                     <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Good for websites that just move the content around, and you want to know when NEW content is added, compares new lines against all history for this watch.</span>