diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/importvariables.js b/core/modules/widgets/importvariables.js
index aafc8ba8b..a8bb483b6 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/importvariables.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/importvariables.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ImportVariablesWidget.prototype.execute = function(tiddlerList) {
 	this.tiddlerList = tiddlerList || this.wiki.filterTiddlers(this.filter,this);
 	// Accumulate the <$set> widgets from each tiddler
 	$tw.utils.each(this.tiddlerList,function(title) {
-		var parser = widgetPointer.wiki.parseTiddler(title,{parseAsInline:true});
+		var parser = widgetPointer.wiki.parseTiddler(title,{parseAsInline:true, configTrimWhiteSpace:true});
 		if(parser) {
 			var parseTreeNode = parser.tree[0];
 			while(parseTreeNode && ["setvariable","set","parameters"].indexOf(parseTreeNode.type) !== -1) {
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/importvariables/WithSetWidgets2.tid b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/importvariables/WithSetWidgets2.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23fa58c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/importvariables/WithSetWidgets2.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+title: ImportVariables/WithSetWidgets2
+description: Import variables defined with a set widget without whitespace pragma
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-multiple
+tags: [[$:/tags/wiki-test-spec]]
+
+title: Output
+
+\whitespace trim
+\import Definitions
+<$text text=<<one>>/>,
+<$text text=<<two>>/>
++
+title: Definitions
+
+<$set name="one" value="elephant">
+<$set name="two" value="giraffe">
+</$set>
+</$set>
++
+title: ExpectedResult
+
+<p>elephant,giraffe</p>
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diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/importvariables/WithSetWidgetsAndMacros.tid b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/importvariables/WithSetWidgetsAndMacros.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaa81f38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/importvariables/WithSetWidgetsAndMacros.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+title: ImportVariables/WithSetWidgetsAndMacros
+description: Import variables defined with a set widget without whitespace pragma
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-multiple
+tags: [[$:/tags/wiki-test-spec]]
+
+title: Output
+
+\whitespace trim
+\import Definitions
+<$text text=<<name>>/>,
+<$text text=<<address>>/>,
+<$text text=<<one>>/>,
+<$text text=<<two>>/>
++
+title: Definitions
+
+\define name() Bugs Bunny
+\procedure address()
+Bunny Hill
+\end
+
+<$set name="one" value="elephant">
+<$set name="two" value="giraffe">
+</$set>
+</$set>
++
+title: ExpectedResult
+
+<p>Bugs Bunny,Bunny Hill,elephant,giraffe</p>
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