diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index 42ed5d5..08ce930 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -1357,6 +1357,26 @@ inline bool is_connection_error() {
 #endif
 }
 
+inline socket_t create_client_socket(
+    const char *host, int port, time_t timeout_sec) {
+  return create_socket(
+      host, port, [=](socket_t sock, struct addrinfo &ai) -> bool {
+        set_nonblocking(sock, true);
+
+        auto ret = ::connect(sock, ai.ai_addr, static_cast<int>(ai.ai_addrlen));
+        if (ret < 0) {
+          if (is_connection_error() ||
+              !wait_until_socket_is_ready(sock, timeout_sec, 0)) {
+            close_socket(sock);
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+
+        set_nonblocking(sock, false);
+        return true;
+      });
+}
+
 inline std::string get_remote_addr(socket_t sock) {
   struct sockaddr_storage addr;
   socklen_t len = sizeof(addr);
@@ -1542,7 +1562,11 @@ inline uint64_t get_header_value_uint64(const Headers &headers, const char *key,
 }
 
 inline bool read_headers(Stream &strm, Headers &headers) {
-  static std::regex re(R"((.+?):\s*(.+?)\s*\r\n)");
+  // Horizontal tab and ' ' are considered whitespace and are ignored when on
+  // the left or right side of the header value:
+  //  - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50179659/
+  //  - https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec4.html
+  static std::regex re(R"((.+?):[\t ]*(.+))");
 
   const auto bufsiz = 2048;
   char buf[bufsiz];
@@ -1551,9 +1575,23 @@ inline bool read_headers(Stream &strm, Headers &headers) {
 
   for (;;) {
     if (!line_reader.getline()) { return false; }
-    if (!strcmp(line_reader.ptr(), "\r\n")) { break; }
+    const char *end = line_reader.ptr() + line_reader.size();
+    auto erase_last_char = [&](char c) {
+      if (line_reader.ptr() == end || end[-1] != c) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      end--;
+      return true;
+    };
+    if (!erase_last_char('\n')) { continue; }
+    if (!erase_last_char('\r')) { continue; }
+
+    // Blank line indicates end of headers.
+    if (line_reader.ptr() == end) { break; }
+
+    while (erase_last_char(' ') || erase_last_char('\t')) {}
     std::cmatch m;
-    if (std::regex_match(line_reader.ptr(), m, re)) {
+    if (std::regex_match(line_reader.ptr(), end, m, re)) {
       auto key = std::string(m[1]);
       auto val = std::string(m[2]);
       headers.emplace(key, val);
@@ -3167,22 +3205,7 @@ inline Client::~Client() {}
 inline bool Client::is_valid() const { return true; }
 
 inline socket_t Client::create_client_socket() const {
-  return detail::create_socket(
-      host_.c_str(), port_, [=](socket_t sock, struct addrinfo &ai) -> bool {
-        detail::set_nonblocking(sock, true);
-
-        auto ret = connect(sock, ai.ai_addr, static_cast<int>(ai.ai_addrlen));
-        if (ret < 0) {
-          if (detail::is_connection_error() ||
-              !detail::wait_until_socket_is_ready(sock, timeout_sec_, 0)) {
-            detail::close_socket(sock);
-            return false;
-          }
-        }
-
-        detail::set_nonblocking(sock, false);
-        return true;
-      });
+  return detail::create_client_socket(host_.c_str(), port_, timeout_sec_);
 }
 
 inline bool Client::read_response_line(Stream &strm, Response &res) {
diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index cc92796..bdc02d4 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -1766,6 +1766,89 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, MultipartFormDataGzip) {
 }
 #endif
 
+// Sends a raw request to a server listening at HOST:PORT.
+static bool send_request(time_t read_timeout_sec, const std::string& req) {
+  auto client_sock =
+      detail::create_client_socket(HOST, PORT, /*timeout_sec=*/5);
+
+  if (client_sock == INVALID_SOCKET) { return false; }
+
+  return detail::process_and_close_socket(
+      true, client_sock, 1, read_timeout_sec, 0,
+      [&](Stream& strm, bool /*last_connection*/,
+          bool &/*connection_close*/) -> bool {
+        if (req.size() !=
+            static_cast<size_t>(strm.write(req.data(), req.size()))) {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        char buf[512];
+
+        detail::stream_line_reader line_reader(strm, buf, sizeof(buf));
+        while (line_reader.getline()) {}
+        return true;
+      });
+}
+
+TEST(ServerRequestParsingTest, TrimWhitespaceFromHeaderValues) {
+  Server svr;
+  std::string header_value;
+  svr.Get("/validate-ws-in-headers",
+          [&](const Request &req, Response &res) {
+            header_value = req.get_header_value("foo");
+            res.set_content("ok", "text/plain");
+          });
+
+  thread t = thread([&] { svr.listen(HOST, PORT); });
+  while (!svr.is_running()) {
+    msleep(1);
+  }
+
+  // Only space and horizontal tab are whitespace. Make sure other whitespace-
+  // like characters are not treated the same - use vertical tab and escape.
+  const std::string req =
+      "GET /validate-ws-in-headers HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+      "foo: \t \v bar \e\t \r\n"
+      "Connection: close\r\n"
+      "\r\n";
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(send_request(5, req));
+  svr.stop();
+  t.join();
+  EXPECT_EQ(header_value, "\v bar \e");
+}
+
+TEST(ServerRequestParsingTest, ReadHeadersRegexComplexity) {
+  Server svr;
+  svr.Get("/hi",
+          [&](const Request & /*req*/, Response &res) {
+            res.set_content("ok", "text/plain");
+          });
+
+  // Server read timeout must be longer than the client read timeout for the
+  // bug to reproduce, probably to force the server to process a request
+  // without a trailing blank line.
+  const time_t client_read_timeout_sec = 1;
+  svr.set_read_timeout(client_read_timeout_sec + 1, 0);
+  bool listen_thread_ok = false;
+  thread t = thread([&] { listen_thread_ok = svr.listen(HOST, PORT); });
+  while (!svr.is_running()) {
+    msleep(1);
+  }
+
+  // A certain header line causes an exception if the header property is parsed
+  // naively with a single regex. This occurs with libc++ but not libstdc++.
+  const std::string req =
+      "GET /hi HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+      " :                                                                      "
+      "                                                                       ";
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(send_request(client_read_timeout_sec, req));
+  svr.stop();
+  t.join();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(listen_thread_ok);
+}
+
 class ServerTestWithAI_PASSIVE : public ::testing::Test {
 protected:
   ServerTestWithAI_PASSIVE()