diff --git a/src/vector.c b/src/vector.c
index 5e1e0b6..8c0d2d2 100644
--- a/src/vector.c
+++ b/src/vector.c
@@ -86,6 +86,24 @@ CheckElement(float value)
 				 errmsg("infinite value not allowed in vector")));
 }
 
+/*
+ * PostgreSQL has with the array_isspace function for the character checking which is reimplemented
+ * as vector_isspace, as it's static, source code link:
+ * https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/378d73ef204d0dcbeab834d52478e8cb90578ab7/src/backend/utils/adt/arrayfuncs.c#L438
+ */
+static inline bool
+vector_isspace(char ch)
+{
+	if (ch == ' ' ||
+		ch == '\t' ||
+		ch == '\n' ||
+		ch == '\r' ||
+		ch == '\v' ||
+		ch == '\f')
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check state array
  */
@@ -150,6 +168,9 @@ vector_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	char	   *stringEnd;
 	Vector	   *result;
 
+	while (vector_isspace(*str))
+		str++;
+
 	if (*str != '[')
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TEXT_REPRESENTATION),
@@ -172,6 +193,9 @@ vector_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		CheckElement(x[dim]);
 		dim++;
 
+		while (vector_isspace(*stringEnd))
+          stringEnd++;
+
 		if (stringEnd == pt)
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TEXT_REPRESENTATION),
@@ -191,7 +215,12 @@ vector_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				 errmsg("malformed vector literal"),
 				 errdetail("Unexpected end of input.")));
 
-	if (stringEnd[1] != '\0')
+	stringEnd++;
+	/* only whitespace is allowed after the closing brace */
+	while (vector_isspace(*stringEnd))
+		stringEnd++;
+
+	if (*stringEnd != '\0')
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TEXT_REPRESENTATION),
 				 errmsg("malformed vector literal"),
diff --git a/test/expected/input.out b/test/expected/input.out
index 99fc344..b6ccca4 100644
--- a/test/expected/input.out
+++ b/test/expected/input.out
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ SELECT '[-1,2,3]'::vector;
  [-1,2,3]
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT ' [ 1,  2 ,    3  ] '::vector(3);
+ vector  
+---------
+ [1,2,3]
+(1 row)
+
 SELECT '[1.23456]'::vector;
   vector   
 -----------
diff --git a/test/sql/input.sql b/test/sql/input.sql
index b3d2e53..7d74bc9 100644
--- a/test/sql/input.sql
+++ b/test/sql/input.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 SELECT '[1,2,3]'::vector;
 SELECT '[-1,2,3]'::vector;
+SELECT ' [ 1,  2 ,    3  ] '::vector(3);
 SELECT '[1.23456]'::vector;
 SELECT '[hello,1]'::vector;
 SELECT '[NaN,1]'::vector;