diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.js
index 8ab296159..184f40bdd 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV.js
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                                     if ( template[j] && (template[j] !== "") ) {
                                         // if no value between separators ('1,,"3"...') or if the line beings with separator (',1,"2"...') treat value as null
                                         if (line[i-1] === node.sep || line[i-1].includes('\n','\r')) k[j] = null;
-                                        if ( (k[j] !== null && node.parsestrings === true) && reg.test(k[j]) ) { k[j] = parseFloat(k[j]); }
+                                        if ( (k[j] !== null && node.parsestrings === true) && reg.test(k[j].trim()) ) { k[j] = parseFloat(k[j].trim()); }
                                         if (node.include_null_values && k[j] === null) o[template[j]] = k[j];
                                         if (node.include_empty_strings && k[j] === "") o[template[j]] = k[j];
                                         if (k[j] !== null && k[j] !== "") o[template[j]] = k[j];
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                                     if ( template[j] && (template[j] !== "") ) {
                                         // if separator before end of line, set null value ie. '1,2,"3"\n1,2,\n1,2,3'
                                         if (line[i-1] === node.sep) k[j] = null;
-                                        if ( (k[j] !== null && node.parsestrings === true) && reg.test(k[j]) ) { k[j] = parseFloat(k[j]); }
+                                        if ( (k[j] !== null && node.parsestrings === true) && reg.test(k[j].trim()) ) { k[j] = parseFloat(k[j].trim()); }
                                         else { if (k[j] !== null) k[j].replace(/\r$/,''); }
                                         if (node.include_null_values && k[j] === null) o[template[j]] = k[j];
                                         if (node.include_empty_strings && k[j] === "") o[template[j]] = k[j];
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                         if (!node.goodtmpl) { template[j] = "col"+(j+1); }
 
                         if ( template[j] && (template[j] !== "") ) {
-                            if ( (k[j] !== null && node.parsestrings === true) && reg.test(k[j]) ) { k[j] = parseFloat(k[j]); }
+                            if ( (k[j] !== null && node.parsestrings === true) && reg.test(k[j].trim()) ) { k[j] = parseFloat(k[j].trim()); }
                             else { if (k[j] !== null) k[j].replace(/\r$/,''); }
                             if (node.include_null_values && k[j] === null) o[template[j]] = k[j];
                             if (node.include_empty_strings && k[j] === "") o[template[j]] = k[j];
diff --git a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV_spec.js b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV_spec.js
index f8e99ac31..cb8d7ca09 100644
--- a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV_spec.js
+++ b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-CSV_spec.js
@@ -305,6 +305,22 @@ describe('CSV node', function() {
             });
         });
 
+        it('should parse numbers when told to do so', function(done) {
+            var flow = [ { id:"n1", type:"csv", temp:"a,b,c,d,e,f,g", wires:[["n2"]] },
+                {id:"n2", type:"helper"} ];
+            helper.load(csvNode, flow, function() {
+                var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+                var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+                n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                    msg.should.have.property('payload', { a: 1.23, b: -123, c: 1000, d: 0 });
+                    check_parts(msg, 0, 1);
+                    done();
+                });
+                var testString = ' 1.23 ,  -123,1e3 ,    0  '+String.fromCharCode(10);
+                n1.emit("input", {payload:testString});
+            });
+        });
+
         it('should leave handle strings with scientific notation as numbers', function(done) {
             var flow = [ { id:"n1", type:"csv", temp:"a,b,c,d,e,f,g", wires:[["n2"]] },
                 {id:"n2", type:"helper"} ];