diff --git a/src/internal/parsers/whitespace.ts b/src/internal/parsers/whitespace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24065b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/parsers/whitespace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Parser } from '../state'
+
+import { regexp } from './regexp'
+
+const WHITESPACE_REQUIRED_RE = /\s+/g
+const WHITESPACE_OPTIONAL_RE = /\s*/g
+
+export function whitespace(): Parser<string> {
+  return regexp(WHITESPACE_REQUIRED_RE, 'whitespace')
+}
+
+export function whitespaceOptional(): Parser<string> {
+  return regexp(WHITESPACE_OPTIONAL_RE, 'optional whitespace')
+}
+
+export { whitespace as ws, whitespaceOptional as wsOpt }
diff --git a/src/parsers.ts b/src/parsers.ts
index 80cb690..aeb067c 100644
--- a/src/parsers.ts
+++ b/src/parsers.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export * from './internal/parsers/lazy'
 export * from './internal/parsers/nothing'
 export * from './internal/parsers/regexp'
 export * from './internal/parsers/string'
+export * from './internal/parsers/whitespace'
diff --git a/tests/internal/parsers/whitespace.spec.ts b/tests/internal/parsers/whitespace.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f423723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/internal/parsers/whitespace.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { whitespace, whitespaceOptional } from '@lib/internal/parsers/whitespace'
+import { sequence } from '@lib/internal/combinators/sequence'
+import { string } from '@lib/internal/parsers/string'
+import { regexp } from '@lib/internal/parsers/regexp'
+
+import { run, result, should } from '@tests/@helpers'
+
+describe(whitespace, () => {
+  it('should succeed if given a string of spaces', () => {
+    const space = ' '
+
+    const actual = run(whitespace(), space.repeat(4))
+    const expected = result('success', space.repeat(4))
+
+    should.matchState(actual, expected)
+  })
+
+  it('should succeed if given a string starting with spaces', () => {
+    const space = ' '
+
+    const actual = run(whitespace(), space.repeat(4) + 'const')
+    const expected = result('success', space.repeat(4))
+
+    should.matchState(actual, expected)
+  })
+
+  it('should succeed if given a mixed string with spaces', () => {
+    const identifier = regexp(/\w+/g, 'identifier')
+    const keyword = string('let')
+    const ws = whitespace()
+
+    const actual = run(sequence(keyword, ws, identifier), 'let identity')
+    const expected = result('success', ['let', ' ', 'identity'])
+
+    should.matchState(actual, expected)
+  })
+
+  it('should fail if given a non-matching input', () => {
+    const actual = run(sequence(string('let'), whitespace(), string('rec')), 'letrec')
+    const expected = result('failure', 'whitespace')
+
+    should.matchState(actual, expected)
+  })
+})
+
+describe(whitespaceOptional, () => {
+  it('should succeed if given a mixed string with spaces', () => {
+    const letKeyword = string('let')
+    const identifier = regexp(/\w+/g, 'identifier')
+    const wsOptional = whitespaceOptional()
+
+    const parser = sequence(letKeyword, wsOptional, identifier)
+
+    const actual = run(parser, 'let identity')
+    const expected = result('success', ['let', ' ', 'identity'])
+
+    should.matchState(actual, expected)
+  })
+
+  it('should succeed if given a mixed string with optional spaces', () => {
+    const letKeyword = string('let')
+    const equalKeyword = string('=')
+    const identifier = regexp(/\w+/g, 'identifier')
+    const wsOptional = whitespaceOptional()
+    const wsRequired = whitespace()
+
+    const parser = sequence(
+      letKeyword,
+      wsRequired,
+      identifier,
+      wsOptional,
+      equalKeyword,
+      wsOptional,
+      identifier
+    )
+
+    const actual = run(parser, 'let identity=something')
+    const expected = result('success', ['let', ' ', 'identity', '', '=', '', 'something'])
+
+    should.matchState(actual, expected)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/parsers.spec.ts b/tests/parsers.spec.ts
index d03921c..f211547 100644
--- a/tests/parsers.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/parsers.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ it('should expose parsers', () => {
     'string',
     'str',
     'uniString',
-    'ustr'
+    'ustr',
+    'whitespace',
+    'ws',
+    'whitespaceOptional',
+    'wsOpt'
   )
 })