diff --git a/src/DocumentFormat.OpenXml/OpenXmlPartReader.cs b/src/DocumentFormat.OpenXml/OpenXmlPartReader.cs
index 40cf27fa9..e409a3dbe 100644
--- a/src/DocumentFormat.OpenXml/OpenXmlPartReader.cs
+++ b/src/DocumentFormat.OpenXml/OpenXmlPartReader.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public OpenXmlPartReader(OpenXmlPart openXmlPart) : this()
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(openXmlPart));
             }
 
-            _xmlReader = CreateReader(openXmlPart.GetStream(FileMode.Open), true, openXmlPart.MaxCharactersInPart, out _standalone, out _encoding);
+            _xmlReader = CreateReader(openXmlPart.GetStream(FileMode.Open), true, openXmlPart.MaxCharactersInPart, ignoreWhitespace: true, out _standalone, out _encoding);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -70,7 +70,23 @@ public OpenXmlPartReader(OpenXmlPart openXmlPart, bool readMiscNodes)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(openXmlPart));
             }
 
-            _xmlReader = CreateReader(openXmlPart.GetStream(FileMode.Open), true, openXmlPart.MaxCharactersInPart, out _standalone, out _encoding);
+            _xmlReader = CreateReader(openXmlPart.GetStream(FileMode.Open), true, openXmlPart.MaxCharactersInPart, ignoreWhitespace: true, out _standalone, out _encoding);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the OpenXmlPartReader class using the supplied OpenXmlPart and Boolean values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="openXmlPart">The OpenXmlPart to read.</param>
+        /// <param name="readMiscNodes">Specify false to indicate to the reader to skip all miscellaneous nodes.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreWhitespace">Specify true to indicate to the reader to ignore insignificant white space.</param>
+        public OpenXmlPartReader(OpenXmlPart openXmlPart, bool readMiscNodes, bool ignoreWhitespace)
+            : this(readMiscNodes)
+        {
+            if (openXmlPart is null) {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(openXmlPart));
+            }
+
+            _xmlReader = CreateReader(openXmlPart.GetStream(FileMode.Open), true, openXmlPart.MaxCharactersInPart, ignoreWhitespace, out _standalone, out _encoding);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -84,7 +100,7 @@ public OpenXmlPartReader(Stream partStream) : this()
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(partStream));
             }
 
-            _xmlReader = CreateReader(partStream, false, 0, out _standalone, out _encoding);
+            _xmlReader = CreateReader(partStream, false, 0, ignoreWhitespace: true, out _standalone, out _encoding);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -100,7 +116,23 @@ public OpenXmlPartReader(Stream partStream, bool readMiscNodes)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(partStream));
             }
 
-            _xmlReader = CreateReader(partStream, false, 0, out _standalone, out _encoding);
+            _xmlReader = CreateReader(partStream, false, 0, ignoreWhitespace: true, out _standalone, out _encoding);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the OpenXmlPartReader class using the supplied stream and Boolean values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="partStream">The part stream of the OpenXmlPart to read.</param>
+        /// <param name="readMiscNodes">Specify false to indicate to the reader to skip all miscellaneous nodes.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreWhitespace">Specify true to indicate to the reader to ignore insignificant white space.</param>
+        public OpenXmlPartReader(Stream partStream, bool readMiscNodes, bool ignoreWhitespace)
+            : this(readMiscNodes)
+        {
+            if (partStream is null) {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(partStream));
+            }
+
+            _xmlReader = CreateReader(partStream, false, 0, ignoreWhitespace, out _standalone, out _encoding);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -671,13 +703,13 @@ public override void Close()
 #endif
         }
 
-        private static XmlReader CreateReader(Stream partStream, bool closeInput, long maxCharactersInPart, out bool? _standalone, out string _encoding)
+        private static XmlReader CreateReader(Stream partStream, bool closeInput, long maxCharactersInPart, bool ignoreWhitespace, out bool? _standalone, out string _encoding)
         {
             var settings = new XmlReaderSettings
             {
                 MaxCharactersInDocument = maxCharactersInPart,
                 CloseInput = closeInput,
-                IgnoreWhitespace = true,
+                IgnoreWhitespace = ignoreWhitespace,
 #if FEATURE_XML_PROHIBIT_DTD
                 ProhibitDtd = true,
 #else
diff --git a/src/DocumentFormat.OpenXml/OpenXmlReader.cs b/src/DocumentFormat.OpenXml/OpenXmlReader.cs
index 4ff2ebf75..4c673039a 100644
--- a/src/DocumentFormat.OpenXml/OpenXmlReader.cs
+++ b/src/DocumentFormat.OpenXml/OpenXmlReader.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ protected OpenXmlReader(bool readMiscNodes)
         /// <returns>The newly created OpenXmlReader.</returns>
         public static OpenXmlReader Create(OpenXmlPart openXmlPart, bool readMiscNodes) => new OpenXmlPartReader(openXmlPart, readMiscNodes);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates an OpenXmlReader from the specified OpenXmlPart and Boolean values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="openXmlPart">The OpenXmlPart to read.</param>
+        /// <param name="readMiscNodes">Specify false to indicate to the reader to skip all miscellaneous nodes. The default value is false.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreWhitespace">Specify true to indicate to the reader to ignore insignificant white space. The default value is true.</param>
+        /// <returns>The newly created OpenXmlReader.</returns>
+        public static OpenXmlReader Create(OpenXmlPart openXmlPart, bool readMiscNodes, bool ignoreWhitespace) => new OpenXmlPartReader(openXmlPart, readMiscNodes, ignoreWhitespace);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates an OpenXmlReader from the specified part stream.
         /// </summary>
@@ -67,6 +76,15 @@ protected OpenXmlReader(bool readMiscNodes)
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static OpenXmlReader Create(Stream partStream, bool readMiscNodes) => new OpenXmlPartReader(partStream, readMiscNodes);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates an OpenXmlReader from the specified part stream and Boolean values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="partStream">The part stream.</param>
+        /// <param name="readMiscNodes">Specify false to indicate to the reader to skip all miscellaneous nodes. The default value is false.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreWhitespace">Specify true to indicate to the reader to ignore insignificant white space. The default value is true.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static OpenXmlReader Create(Stream partStream, bool readMiscNodes, bool ignoreWhitespace) => new OpenXmlPartReader(partStream, readMiscNodes, ignoreWhitespace);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates an OpenXmlReader from the OpenXmlElement (travel the DOM tree).
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Tests/ofapiTest/OpenXmlReaderTest.cs b/test/DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Tests/ofapiTest/OpenXmlReaderTest.cs
index 637b3015a..e85f68005 100644
--- a/test/DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Tests/ofapiTest/OpenXmlReaderTest.cs
+++ b/test/DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Tests/ofapiTest/OpenXmlReaderTest.cs
@@ -385,6 +385,46 @@ public void PartReaderMiscNodeTest()
             reader.Close();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///A test for OpenXmlPartReader to test the ignoreWhitespace option
+        ///</summary>
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(true)]
+        [InlineData(false)]
+        public void PartReaderIgnoreWhitespaceTest(bool ignoreWhitespace)
+        {
+            const string PartText = "<w:document xmlns:w=\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\">" +
+                "<w:body>" +
+                "<w:p w:rsidP=\"001\"><w:r><w:t>  </w:t></w:r></w:p>" +
+                "</w:body>" +
+                "</w:document>";
+
+            UTF8Encoding utf8Encoding = new UTF8Encoding();
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(utf8Encoding.GetBytes(PartText), false);
+
+            using var reader = OpenXmlReader.Create(stream, false, ignoreWhitespace);
+            Assert.False(reader.EOF);
+
+            reader.Read();
+            Assert.False(reader.EOF);
+
+            reader.ReadFirstChild();
+            Assert.True(reader.IsStartElement);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(Body), reader.ElementType);
+            reader.Read();
+            Assert.True(reader.IsStartElement);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(Paragraph), reader.ElementType);
+            reader.Read();
+            Assert.True(reader.IsStartElement);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(Run), reader.ElementType);
+            reader.Read();
+            Assert.True(reader.IsStartElement);
+            Assert.Equal(typeof(Text), reader.ElementType);
+            Assert.Equal(ignoreWhitespace, reader.GetText() == string.Empty);
+
+            reader.Close();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///A test for OpenXmlPartReader
         ///</summary>