diff --git a/crates/xlsx/src/read.rs b/crates/xlsx/src/read.rs
index a25444d88..a83432bd2 100644
--- a/crates/xlsx/src/read.rs
+++ b/crates/xlsx/src/read.rs
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ pub fn read_xlsx(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(Workbook, ReadReport), IoError> {
     if let Some(r) = find_rel(&root_rels, "core-properties").cloned()
         && let Ok(Some(x)) = cx.pkg.read_xml(&r.target)
     {
-        let get = |n: &str| x.child(n).map(|e| e.text.trim().to_string()).unwrap_or_default();
+        let get = |n: &str| x.child(n).map(|e| e.text.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
         wb.props.title = get("title");
         wb.props.subject = get("subject");
         wb.props.author = get("creator");
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ pub fn read_xlsx(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(Workbook, ReadReport), IoError> {
     if let Some(r) = find_rel(&root_rels, "extended-properties").cloned()
         && let Ok(Some(x)) = cx.pkg.read_xml(&r.target)
     {
-        wb.props.company = x.child("Company").map(|e| e.text.trim().to_string()).unwrap_or_default();
+        wb.props.company = x.child("Company").map(|e| e.text.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
     }
 
     // A VBA project is carried through unchanged: GridCraft never runs macros, but preserving the
diff --git a/crates/xlsx/src/tests/roundtrip.rs b/crates/xlsx/src/tests/roundtrip.rs
index 960157254..b800e299a 100644
--- a/crates/xlsx/src/tests/roundtrip.rs
+++ b/crates/xlsx/src/tests/roundtrip.rs
@@ -1014,3 +1014,18 @@ fn package_kind_sets_workbook_content_type() {
     }
     assert_eq!(crate::XlsxKind::from_path("noext"), crate::XlsxKind::Workbook);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn doc_props_keep_boundary_whitespace() {
+    let mut wb = Workbook::new();
+    wb.props = DocProps {
+        title: "  Title  ".into(),
+        subject: "\n".into(),
+        author: "\tMe\t".into(),
+        company: " Co ".into(),
+        keywords: " a, b ".into(),
+        description: "\n  d\n".into(),
+    };
+    let (back, _) = read_xlsx(&write_xlsx(&wb).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(back.props, wb.props);
+}