diff --git a/js-libs/easysax/easysax.js b/js-libs/easysax/easysax.js
index 9828d8333..8d6a08719 100644
--- a/js-libs/easysax/easysax.js
+++ b/js-libs/easysax/easysax.js
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ function EasySAXParser() {
 					continue;
 				};
 
+                if (w===32 || (w > 8 && w<14) ) {  // \f\n\r\t\v пробел
+                    continue;
+                };
+
 
 				if (w !== 61) { // "=" == 61
 					//console.log('error 2');
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@ function EasySAXParser() {
 				break;
 			};
 
-			name = s.substring(i, j);
+			name = s.substring(i, j).trim();
 			ok = true;
 
 			if (name === 'xmlns:xmlns') {
@@ -282,6 +286,14 @@ function EasySAXParser() {
 
 			w = s.charCodeAt(j+1);
 
+            while (w = s.charCodeAt(j+1)) {
+                if (w===32 || (w > 8 && w<14) ) {  // \f\n\r\t\v пробел
+                    j++;
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
 			if (w === 34) {  // '"'
 				j = s.indexOf('"', i = j+2 );
 
diff --git a/node-tests/test-xml.ts b/node-tests/test-xml.ts
index cdb524c4a..e208c4f60 100644
--- a/node-tests/test-xml.ts
+++ b/node-tests/test-xml.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,31 @@
 import {assert} from "chai";
-import {XmlParser, ParserEvent, ParserEventType} from 'xml';
-//import xml = require('xml');
+import xml = require('xml');
 
 describe("xml parser", () => {
-    it("parses simple element", () => {
-        let attributes = null;
-        let element = null;
+    let last_element = null;
+    let last_attrs = null;
+    let parser = null;
 
-        var parser = new XmlParser(function (event: ParserEvent) {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        parser = new xml.XmlParser(function (event: xml.ParserEvent) {
             switch (event.eventType) {
-                case ParserEventType.StartElement:
-                    element = event.elementName;
-                    attributes = event.attributes;
+                case xml.ParserEventType.StartElement:
+                    last_element = event.elementName;
+                    last_attrs = event.attributes;
                     break;
             }
         });
-
-        parser.parse("<TextField text='hello' />");
-
-        assert.equal('TextField', element);
-        assert.equal('hello', attributes['text']);
     });
+
+
+    it("handles whitespace around attribute =", () => {
+        let attributes = null;
+        let element = null;
+
+        parser.parse("<TextField text = \n 'hello' />");
+
+        assert.equal('TextField', last_element);
+        assert.equal('hello', last_attrs['text']);
+    });
+
 });