diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringUtils.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringUtils.java
index b2873ac59..26b7d4bee 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * A collection of utility methods for String objects.
@@ -541,4 +542,10 @@ public class StringUtils {
         }
         return cs.toString();
     }
+
+    private static final Pattern XMLWHITESPACE = Pattern.compile("[\t\n\r ]");
+
+    public static String deleteXmlWhitespace(String string) {
+        return XMLWHITESPACE.matcher(string).replaceAll("");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringUtilsTest.java b/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringUtilsTest.java
index 226cb07b0..e61b655fe 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringUtilsTest.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/StringUtilsTest.java
@@ -109,4 +109,16 @@ public class StringUtilsTest  {
         String result = StringUtils.randomString(0);
         assertEquals("", result);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testeDeleteXmlWhitespace() {
+        String noWhitespace = StringUtils.deleteXmlWhitespace(" foo\nbar ");
+        assertEquals("foobar", noWhitespace);
+
+        noWhitespace = StringUtils.deleteXmlWhitespace(" \tbaz\rbarz\t ");
+        assertEquals("bazbarz", noWhitespace);
+
+        noWhitespace = StringUtils.deleteXmlWhitespace("SNAFU");
+        assertEquals("SNAFU", noWhitespace);
+    }
 }