diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d27882070d..ee351fa51a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Apr  1 11:39:57 2014  James Edward Gray II  <james@graysoftinc.com>
+
+	* lib/csv.rb: Symbol HeaderConverter: strip leading/trailing space.
+	  Reported by Skye Shaw
+	  [Fixes GH-575]
+
 Tue Apr  1 11:34:04 2014  James Edward Gray II  <james@graysoftinc.com>
 
 	* lib/csv.rb: Don't attempt to convert nil headers.
diff --git a/lib/csv.rb b/lib/csv.rb
index 16a38a17cf..b8697fe1da 100644
--- a/lib/csv.rb
+++ b/lib/csv.rb
@@ -992,8 +992,8 @@ class CSV
   HeaderConverters = {
     downcase: lambda { |h| h.encode(ConverterEncoding).downcase },
     symbol:   lambda { |h|
-      h.encode(ConverterEncoding).downcase.gsub(/\s+/, "_").
-                                           gsub(/\W+/, "").to_sym
+      h.encode(ConverterEncoding).downcase.strip.gsub(/\s+/, "_").
+                                                 gsub(/\W+/, "").to_sym
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/csv/test_headers.rb b/test/csv/test_headers.rb
index 94d5e9f03e..79ccd20c74 100755
--- a/test/csv/test_headers.rb
+++ b/test/csv/test_headers.rb
@@ -217,9 +217,10 @@ class TestCSV::Headers < TestCSV
   end
 
   def test_builtin_symbol_converter
-    csv = CSV.parse( "One,TWO Three", headers:           true,
-                                      return_headers:    true,
-                                      header_converters: :symbol )
+    # Note that the trailing space is intentional
+    csv = CSV.parse( "One,TWO Three ", headers:           true,
+                                       return_headers:    true,
+                                       header_converters: :symbol )
     assert_equal([:one, :two_three], csv.headers)
   end