diff --git a/lib/jekyll/tags/gist.rb b/lib/jekyll/tags/gist.rb
index e7d79302..f881dd56 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/tags/gist.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/tags/gist.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ module Jekyll
   class GistTag < Liquid::Tag
     def initialize(tag_name, gist, tokens)
       super
-      @gist = gist
+      @gist = gist.strip
     end
 
     def render(context)
-      "<script src=\"http://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script>"
+      "<script src=\"http://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"> </script>"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_tags.rb b/test/test_tags.rb
index 3d97410b..f58475b0 100644
--- a/test/test_tags.rb
+++ b/test/test_tags.rb
@@ -203,4 +203,22 @@ CONTENT
       assert_match %r{/2008/11/21/complex/}, @result
     end
   end
+  
+  context "simple gist inclusion" do
+    setup do
+      @gist = 358471
+      content = <<CONTENT
+---
+title: My Cool Gist
+---
+
+{% gist #{@gist} %}
+CONTENT
+      create_post(content, {'permalink' => 'pretty', 'source' => source_dir, 'destination' => dest_dir, 'read_posts' => true})
+    end
+    
+    should "write script tag" do
+      assert_match %r{<script src='http://gist.github.com/#{@gist}.js' type='text/javascript'>\s</script>}, @result
+    end
+  end
 end