diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
index 3cce03df43..e8b6a4ad7b 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ void handle_colalign(Parser & p, vector<ColInfo> & colinfo,
 		}
 
 		switch (t.character()) {
+			case ' ':
+				// whitespace, ignore.
+				break;
 			case 'c':
 			case 'l':
 			case 'r':
diff --git a/status.23x b/status.23x
index c659e78e21..0feea93ab7 100644
--- a/status.23x
+++ b/status.23x
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Do not force default bibliography style if none is set (bug 10673).
 
+- Handle whitespace in table column declaration (bug 10804).
+
 
 * ADVANCED FIND AND REPLACE