diff --git a/markdownify/__init__.py b/markdownify/__init__.py
index 3d67a49..4d36bd6 100644
--- a/markdownify/__init__.py
+++ b/markdownify/__init__.py
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class MarkdownConverter(object):
                 el = el.parent
             bullets = self.options['bullets']
             bullet = bullets[depth % len(bullets)]
-        return '%s %s\n' % (bullet, text or '')
+        return '%s %s\n' % (bullet, (text or '').strip())
 
     def convert_p(self, el, text, convert_as_inline):
         if convert_as_inline:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 467c1fa..6f5d2a3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ read = lambda filepath: codecs.open(filepath, 'r', 'utf-8').read()
 pkgmeta = {
     '__title__': 'markdownify',
     '__author__': 'Matthew Tretter',
-    '__version__': '0.9.3',
+    '__version__': '0.9.4',
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_lists.py b/tests/test_lists.py
index 08c82c7..5a04430 100644
--- a/tests/test_lists.py
+++ b/tests/test_lists.py
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ def test_nested_ols():
 
 def test_ul():
     assert md('<ul><li>a</li><li>b</li></ul>') == '* a\n* b\n'
+    assert md("""<ul>
+     <li>
+             a
+     </li>
+     <li> b </li>
+     <li>   c
+     </li>
+ </ul>""") == '* a\n* b\n* c\n'
 
 
 def test_inline_ul():