diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
index 6e15fa1728c..6f6da630074 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
             {
                 StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(tmp,",",false);
                 while (tok.hasMoreTokens())
-                    _mimeTypes.add(tok.nextToken());
+                    _mimeTypes.add(tok.nextToken().trim());
             }
         }
         else
         {
             StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(tmp,",",false);
             while (tok.hasMoreTokens())
-                _mimeTypes.add(tok.nextToken());
+                _mimeTypes.add(tok.nextToken().trim());
         }
         tmp=filterConfig.getInitParameter("excludedAgents");
         if (tmp!=null)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
             _excludedAgents=new HashSet<String>();
             StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(tmp,",",false);
             while (tok.hasMoreTokens())
-               _excludedAgents.add(tok.nextToken());
+               _excludedAgents.add(tok.nextToken().trim());
         }
 
         tmp=filterConfig.getInitParameter("excludeAgentPatterns");
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
             _excludedAgentPatterns=new HashSet<Pattern>();
             StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(tmp,",",false);
             while (tok.hasMoreTokens())
-                _excludedAgentPatterns.add(Pattern.compile(tok.nextToken()));
+                _excludedAgentPatterns.add(Pattern.compile(tok.nextToken().trim()));
         }
 
         tmp=filterConfig.getInitParameter("excludePaths");
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
             _excludedPaths=new HashSet<String>();
             StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(tmp,",",false);
             while (tok.hasMoreTokens())
-                _excludedPaths.add(tok.nextToken());
+                _excludedPaths.add(tok.nextToken().trim());
         }
 
         tmp=filterConfig.getInitParameter("excludePathPatterns");
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
             _excludedPathPatterns=new HashSet<Pattern>();
             StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(tmp,",",false);
             while (tok.hasMoreTokens())
-                _excludedPathPatterns.add(Pattern.compile(tok.nextToken()));
+                _excludedPathPatterns.add(Pattern.compile(tok.nextToken().trim()));
         }
         
         tmp=filterConfig.getInitParameter("vary");
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilterDefaultTest.java b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilterDefaultTest.java
index 1aaa3010977..21f10d41185 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilterDefaultTest.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilterDefaultTest.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class GzipFilterDefaultTest
         
         FilterHolder holder = tester.setContentServlet(GetServlet.class);
         holder.setInitParameter("mimeTypes","text/plain");
-        holder.setInitParameter("methods","POST,WIBBLE");
+        holder.setInitParameter("methods","POST, WIBBLE");
                 
         try
         {
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ public class GzipFilterDefaultTest
         GzipTester tester = new GzipTester(testingdir,compressionType);
 
         FilterHolder holder = tester.setContentServlet(DefaultServlet.class);
-        holder.setInitParameter("excludedAgents","foo");
+        holder.setInitParameter("excludedAgents","bar, foo");
         tester.setUserAgent("foo");
 
         int filesize = CompressedResponseWrapper.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE * 4;
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ public class GzipFilterDefaultTest
         GzipTester tester = new GzipTester(testingdir,compressionType);
 
         FilterHolder holder = tester.setContentServlet(DefaultServlet.class);
-        holder.setInitParameter("excludePaths","/context/");
+        holder.setInitParameter("excludePaths","/bar/, /context/");
 
         int filesize = CompressedResponseWrapper.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE * 4;
         tester.prepareServerFile("file.txt",filesize);