diff --git a/Tests/Utilities/TestPatch.cpp b/Tests/Utilities/TestPatch.cpp
index 32c0901fa8..123533feeb 100644
--- a/Tests/Utilities/TestPatch.cpp
+++ b/Tests/Utilities/TestPatch.cpp
@@ -261,3 +261,18 @@ TEST_CASE(patch_remove_file_trailing_garbage)
 
     EXPECT_FILE_EQ(ByteString::formatted("{}/a", s_test_dir), "2\n"sv);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE(patch_with_timestamp_separated_by_tab)
+{
+    PatchSetup setup;
+
+    auto patch = R"(
+--- /dev/null	2024-03-02 20:19:31.462146900 +1300
++++ 1	2024-03-02 20:56:57.922136203 +1300
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++a
+)"sv;
+
+    run_patch(ExpectSuccess::Yes, {}, patch, "patching file 1\n"sv);
+    EXPECT_FILE_EQ(ByteString::formatted("{}/1", s_test_dir), "a\n"sv);
+}
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Hunks.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Hunks.cpp
index c6b9398f19..cbc495c9e5 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Hunks.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibDiff/Hunks.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ bool Parser::consume_line_number(size_t& number)
 ErrorOr<String> Parser::parse_file_line(Optional<size_t> const& strip_count)
 {
     // FIXME: handle parsing timestamps as well.
-    auto path = consume_line();
+    auto line = consume_line();
+
+    GenericLexer line_parser(line);
+    auto path = line_parser.consume_until('\t');
 
     // No strip count given. Default to basename of file.
     if (!strip_count.has_value())