diff --git a/lib/strip_attributes.rb b/lib/strip_attributes.rb
index 7b3eb41..86e10c9 100644
--- a/lib/strip_attributes.rb
+++ b/lib/strip_attributes.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module StripAttributes
   #   U+FEFF ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE
   MULTIBYTE_WHITE = "\u180E\u200B\u200C\u200D\u2060\uFEFF"
   MULTIBYTE_SPACE = /[[:space:]#{MULTIBYTE_WHITE}]/
+  MULTIBYTE_BLANK = /[[:blank:]#{MULTIBYTE_WHITE}]/
   MULTIBYTE_SUPPORTED  = "\u0020" == " "
 
   def self.strip(record_or_string, options = nil)
@@ -82,8 +83,12 @@ def self.strip_string(value, options = nil)
       value.gsub!(/[\r\n]+/, " ")
     end
 
-    if collapse_spaces && value.respond_to?(:squeeze!)
-      value.squeeze!(' ')
+    if collapse_spaces
+      if MULTIBYTE_SUPPORTED && value.respond_to?(:gsub!) && Encoding.compatible?(value, MULTIBYTE_BLANK)
+        value.gsub!(/#{MULTIBYTE_BLANK}+/, " ")
+      elsif value.respond_to?(:squeeze!)
+        value.squeeze!(" ")
+      end
     end
 
     value
diff --git a/test/strip_attributes_test.rb b/test/strip_attributes_test.rb
index 5f2c945..6c2c22c 100644
--- a/test/strip_attributes_test.rb
+++ b/test/strip_attributes_test.rb
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ def test_should_collapse_spaces
       assert_equal "1 2 3", StripAttributes.strip(" 1   2   3\t ", :collapse_spaces => true)
     end
 
+    def test_should_collapse_multibyte_spaces
+      assert_equal "1 2 3", StripAttributes.strip(" 1 \u00A0  2\u00A03\t ", :collapse_spaces => true)
+    end
+
     def test_should_replace_newlines
       assert_equal "1 2", StripAttributes.strip("1\n2", :replace_newlines => true)
       assert_equal "1 2", StripAttributes.strip("1\r\n2", :replace_newlines => true)