diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index fc14a4219..4915cf4fd 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -252,3 +252,4 @@ suggestions:
   Scott M
   Stefan Frühwirth
   Pierre Campet
+  Denis Kasak
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 95321a431..ebe097770 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 - TW-1600 Filtering "regressions"(?) in task-2.4.3, task-2.4.4 (thanks to Ralph
           Bean).
 - TW-1609 In 'urgency<10', 10 is interpreted as an ID (thanks to Wim Schuermann).
+- TW-1612 Spurious whitespace added in task descriptions around certain symbols
+          (thanks to Denis Kasak).
 - TW-1615 Japanese translation for Taskwarrior(150513) (thanks to ribbon).
 - Prevent potential task duplication during import for non-pending tasks.
 - Show the active context in "context list", if any is active.
diff --git a/test/tw-1612.t b/test/tw-1612.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..06e9c3b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tw-1612.t
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+#
+# http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+#
+###############################################################################
+
+import sys
+import os
+import unittest
+# Ensure python finds the local simpletap module
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+from basetest import Task, TestCase
+
+
+class TestBug1612(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Executed before each test in the class"""
+        self.t = Task()
+
+    def test_spurious_whitespace(self):
+        """ensure that extra whitespace does not get added.
+
+           tw-1612: Spurious whitespace added in task descriptions around certain symbols
+        """
+        self.t("add 'foo-bar (http://baz.org/)'")
+        self.t("add 'spam (foo bar)'")
+        self.t("add '- (foo bar)'")
+        self.t("add 'a - (foo bar)'")
+        self.t("add '(bar) a / (foo bar)'")
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get 1.description")
+        self.assertEqual("foo-bar (http://baz.org/)\n", out)
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get 2.description")
+        self.assertEqual("spam (foo bar)\n", out)
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get 3.description")
+        self.assertEqual("- (foo bar)\n", out)
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get 4.description")
+        self.assertEqual("a - (foo bar)\n", out)
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get 5.description")
+        self.assertEqual("(bar) a / (foo bar)\n", out)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from simpletap import TAPTestRunner
+    unittest.main(testRunner=TAPTestRunner())
+
+# vim: ai sts=4 et sw=4