diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for asciidoc-hs
 
+## 0.1.0.5 -- 2026-08-27
+
+    Tables: skip whitespace before cell spec (#13).
+
 ## 0.1.0.4 -- 2026-08-11
 
   * Fix tracking of rowspans in table parsing (#13). Columns occupied
diff --git a/asciidoc.cabal b/asciidoc.cabal
--- a/asciidoc.cabal
+++ b/asciidoc.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      3.4
 name:               asciidoc
-version:            0.1.0.4
+version:            0.1.0.5
 synopsis:           AsciiDoc parser.
 description:        A parser for AsciiDoc syntax.
 license:            BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/src/AsciiDoc/Parse.hs b/src/AsciiDoc/Parse.hs
--- a/src/AsciiDoc/Parse.hs
+++ b/src/AsciiDoc/Parse.hs
@@ -1211,6 +1211,7 @@
 -- 2*.3+^.>s| duplicate 2x, rowspan 3, top align, right align, s style
 pCellSep :: Char -> P CellData
 pCellSep sep = do
+  skipWhile (\c -> c == ' ' || c == '\t')
   mult <- option 1 pMultiplier
   (colspan, rowspan) <- option (Nothing, Nothing) $ do
     a <- optional decimal
diff --git a/test/regression/issue_13.test b/test/regression/issue_13.test
--- a/test/regression/issue_13.test
+++ b/test/regression/issue_13.test
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+[options="noheader"]
+|===
+.2+|1,1 2+|1,2
+          |2,2 .2+|2,3
+ 2+|1,3
+|===
+
 [width="100%",cols="34%,33%,33%",options="noheader",]
 |===
 .2+|1,1 2+|1,2
@@ -24,6 +31,78 @@
         }
   , docBlocks =
       [ Block
+          mempty
+          Nothing
+          (Table
+             [ ColumnSpec
+                 { colHorizAlign = Nothing
+                 , colVertAlign = Nothing
+                 , colWidth = Nothing
+                 , colStyle = Nothing
+                 }
+             , ColumnSpec
+                 { colHorizAlign = Nothing
+                 , colVertAlign = Nothing
+                 , colWidth = Nothing
+                 , colStyle = Nothing
+                 }
+             , ColumnSpec
+                 { colHorizAlign = Nothing
+                 , colVertAlign = Nothing
+                 , colWidth = Nothing
+                 , colStyle = Nothing
+                 }
+             ]
+             Nothing
+             [ TableRow
+                 [ TableCell
+                     { cellContent =
+                         [ Block mempty Nothing (Paragraph [ Inline mempty (Str "1,1") ]) ]
+                     , cellHorizAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellVertAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellColspan = 1
+                     , cellRowspan = 2
+                     }
+                 , TableCell
+                     { cellContent =
+                         [ Block mempty Nothing (Paragraph [ Inline mempty (Str "1,2") ]) ]
+                     , cellHorizAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellVertAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellColspan = 2
+                     , cellRowspan = 1
+                     }
+                 ]
+             , TableRow
+                 [ TableCell
+                     { cellContent =
+                         [ Block mempty Nothing (Paragraph [ Inline mempty (Str "2,2") ]) ]
+                     , cellHorizAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellVertAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellColspan = 1
+                     , cellRowspan = 1
+                     }
+                 , TableCell
+                     { cellContent =
+                         [ Block mempty Nothing (Paragraph [ Inline mempty (Str "2,3") ]) ]
+                     , cellHorizAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellVertAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellColspan = 1
+                     , cellRowspan = 2
+                     }
+                 ]
+             , TableRow
+                 [ TableCell
+                     { cellContent =
+                         [ Block mempty Nothing (Paragraph [ Inline mempty (Str "1,3") ]) ]
+                     , cellHorizAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellVertAlign = Nothing
+                     , cellColspan = 2
+                     , cellRowspan = 1
+                     }
+                 ]
+             ]
+             Nothing)
+      , Block
           Attr
           ( [] , fromList [ ( "width" , "100%" ) ] )
           Nothing