diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/DocumentParser.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/DocumentParser.cpp
index 1f427109dd..0731da6c6d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/DocumentParser.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibPDF/DocumentParser.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ PDFErrorOr<Version> DocumentParser::parse_header()
         return error(DeprecatedString::formatted("Unknown minor version \"{}\"", minor_ver));
 
     m_reader.consume_eol();
+    m_reader.consume_whitespace();
 
     // Parse optional high-byte comment, which signifies a binary file
     // FIXME: Do something with this?