diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index 0103a43f79..370cd03079 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-08-01  Angus Leeming  <a.leeming@ic.ac.uk>
+
+	* insetcite.C (latex): Paranoia check. Make sure that there is no
+	whitespace between the citation keys.
+
 2001-07-31  Juergen Vigna  <jug@sad.it>
 
 	* insetcollapsable.h: removed inline variable and moved it over
diff --git a/src/insets/insetcite.C b/src/insets/insetcite.C
index d89732c80d..a02f0ed4af 100644
--- a/src/insets/insetcite.C
+++ b/src/insets/insetcite.C
@@ -90,7 +90,14 @@ int InsetCitation::latex(Buffer const * buffer, std::ostream & os,
 	if (!getOptions().empty())
 		os << "[" << getOptions() << "]";
 
-	os << "{" << getContents() << "}";
+	// Paranoia check: make sure that there is no whitespace in here
+	string content;
+	for (string::const_iterator it = getContents().begin();
+	     it != getContents().end(); ++it) {
+		if (*it != ' ') content += *it;
+	}
+	
+	os << "{" << content << "}";
 
 	return 0;
 }