diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
index c98c0b95b69bb..fc1aeaa58fe2e 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,39 @@ TEST_F(ResourceParserTest, ParseStringWithWhitespace) {
   EXPECT_THAT(*str, StrValueEq("  This is what  I think  "));
 }
 
+TEST_F(ResourceParserTest, ParseStringTruncateASCII) {
+  // Tuncate leading and trailing whitespace
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestParse(R"(<string name="foo">&#32;Hello&#32;</string>)"));
+
+  String* str = test::GetValue<String>(&table_, "string/foo");
+  ASSERT_THAT(str, NotNull());
+  EXPECT_THAT(*str->value, StrEq("Hello"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(str->untranslatable_sections, IsEmpty());
+
+  // AAPT does not truncate unicode whitespace
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestParse(R"(<string name="foo2">\u0020\Hello\u0020</string>)"));
+
+  str = test::GetValue<String>(&table_, "string/foo2");
+  ASSERT_THAT(str, NotNull());
+  EXPECT_THAT(*str->value, StrEq(" Hello "));
+  EXPECT_THAT(str->untranslatable_sections, IsEmpty());
+
+  // Preserve non-ASCII whitespace including extended ASCII characters
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestParse(R"(<string name="foo3">&#160;Hello&#160;</string>)"));
+
+  str = test::GetValue<String>(&table_, "string/foo3");
+  ASSERT_THAT(str, NotNull());
+  EXPECT_THAT(*str->value, StrEq("\xC2\xA0Hello\xC2\xA0"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(str->untranslatable_sections, IsEmpty());
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(TestParse(R"(<string name="foo4">2005年6月1日</string>)"));
+
+  str = test::GetValue<String>(&table_, "string/foo4");
+  ASSERT_THAT(str, NotNull());
+  EXPECT_THAT(*str->value, StrEq("2005年6月1日"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(str->untranslatable_sections, IsEmpty());
+}
+
 TEST_F(ResourceParserTest, ParseStyledStringWithWhitespace) {
   std::string input = R"(<string name="foo">  <b> My <i> favorite</i> string </b>  </string>)";
   ASSERT_TRUE(TestParse(input));
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.cpp
index 8fc3d65801652..560077cc322c3 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "util/Files.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
-using ::aapt::text::IsWhitespace;
 using ::aapt::text::Utf8Iterator;
 using ::android::StringPiece;
 using ::android::StringPiece16;
@@ -807,7 +806,7 @@ StringBuilder& StringBuilder::AppendText(const std::string& text) {
   Utf8Iterator iter(text);
   while (iter.HasNext()) {
     char32_t codepoint = iter.Next();
-    if (!quote_ && text::IsWhitespace(codepoint)) {
+    if (!quote_ && iswspace(codepoint)) {
       if (!last_codepoint_was_space_) {
         // Emit a space if it's the first.
         xml_string_.text += ' ';