diff --git a/pyporter/utils.py b/pyporter/utils.py
index 0fa2346fd026adc436d170413595a50a8aabc784..7db69e1df1cd4ff2b83787294fb349f22455ea47 100644
--- a/pyporter/utils.py
+++ b/pyporter/utils.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ import re
 #     else:
 #         return ns[0]
 
-
+# TODO: this should be more compatible for https://peps.python.org/pep-0508/
 def transform_module_name(input_str):
     # Extracting the module name from the input string
-    module_name = re.match(r"([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)", input_str).group(1)
-    version_names = input_str[len(module_name):]
+    module_name = re.match(r"([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)", input_str).group(1).strip()
+    version_names = input_str[len(module_name):].strip()
     # Extracting the version constraint from the input string
     version_constraint = version_names.split(",")
     package_name = "python3-" + module_name
diff --git a/tests/test_transform_module_name.py b/tests/test_transform_module_name.py
index 765946e8904096111d7a7d3a0e2b702aa3622849..c292b7d90fadf27593d879e9b4ef4a172ba3a33a 100644
--- a/tests/test_transform_module_name.py
+++ b/tests/test_transform_module_name.py
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ class TestTransofrmModuleName(unittest.TestCase):
         expected_output = "(python3-pysocks<2.0 with python3-pysocks>=1.5.6)"
         self.assertEqual(transform_module_name(input_str), expected_output)
 
+    def test_transform_module_name_strip_whitespace(self):
+        input_str = "pyjwkest (>=1.3.6)"
+        expected_output = "(python3-pyjwkest(>=1.3.6))"
+        self.assertEqual(transform_module_name(input_str), expected_output)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()