diff --git a/tests/codeigniter/database/query_builder/like_test.php b/tests/codeigniter/database/query_builder/like_test.php
index 5f3e522..20ce5d9 100644
--- a/tests/codeigniter/database/query_builder/like_test.php
+++ b/tests/codeigniter/database/query_builder/like_test.php
@@ -87,4 +87,20 @@
 		$this->assertEquals('Musician', $jobs[2]['name']);
 	}
 
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * GitHub issue #273
+	 *
+	 * @see ./mocks/schema/skeleton.php
+	 */
+	public function test_like_spaces_and_tabs()
+	{
+		$spaces = $this->db->like('key', '   ')->get('misc')->result_array();
+		$tabs = $this->db->like('key', "\t")->get('misc')->result_array();
+
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($spaces));
+		$this->assertEquals(1, count($tabs));
+	}
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/mocks/database/schema/skeleton.php b/tests/mocks/database/schema/skeleton.php
index 18e1ddd..fb9aaef 100644
--- a/tests/mocks/database/schema/skeleton.php
+++ b/tests/mocks/database/schema/skeleton.php
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@
 			),
 			'misc' => array(
 				array('id' => 1, 'key' => '\\xxxfoo456', 'value' => 'Entry with \\xxx'),
-				array('id' => 2, 'key' => '\\%foo456', 'value' => 'Entry with \\%')
+				array('id' => 2, 'key' => '\\%foo456', 'value' => 'Entry with \\%'),
+				array('id' => 3, 'key' => ' One  two   three	tab')
 			)
 		);