diff --git a/lib/processCss.js b/lib/processCss.js
index 181f7a2ab..b1a5751f7 100644
--- a/lib/processCss.js
+++ b/lib/processCss.js
@@ -153,11 +153,13 @@ module.exports = function processCss(inputSource, inputMap, options, callback) {
 			mode: options.mode,
 			rewriteUrl: function(global, url) {
 				if(parserOptions.url){
-					if(!loaderUtils.isUrlRequest(url, root)) {
+					var unspacedUrlString = url.trim(" ");
+
+					if(!loaderUtils.isUrlRequest(unspacedUrlString, root)) {
 						return url;
 					}
 					if(global) {
-						return loaderUtils.urlToRequest(url, root);
+						return loaderUtils.urlToRequest(unspacedUrlString, root);
 					}
 				}
 				return url;
diff --git a/test/urlTest.js b/test/urlTest.js
index b54bf9a8b..74283f0ca 100644
--- a/test/urlTest.js
+++ b/test/urlTest.js
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ describe("url", function() {
 	test("background img 3", ".class { background: green url( 'img.png' ) xyz }", [
 		[1, ".class { background: green url({./img.png}) xyz }", ""]
 	]);
+	test("background img 4", ".class { background: green url( img.png ) xyz }", [
+		[1, ".class { background: green url({./img.png}) xyz }", ""]
+	]);
 	test("background img absolute", ".class { background: green url(/img.png) xyz }", [
 		[1, ".class { background: green url(/img.png) xyz }", ""]
 	]);
@@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ describe("url", function() {
 	test("background img 3 with url", ".class { background: green url( 'img.png' ) xyz }", [
 		[1, ".class { background: green url( 'img.png' ) xyz }", ""]
 	], "?-url");
+	test("background img 4 with url", ".class { background: green url( img.png ) xyz }", [
+		[1, ".class { background: green url( img.png ) xyz }", ""]
+	], "?-url");
 	test("background img absolute with url", ".class { background: green url(/img.png) xyz }", [
 		[1, ".class { background: green url(/img.png) xyz }", ""]
 	], "?-url");