diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
index 3e82f38a7f1..132471d1f54 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Schema/SqliteSchemaManager.php
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ protected function _getPortableTableColumnList($table, $database, $tableColumns)
     protected function _getPortableTableColumnDefinition($tableColumn)
     {
         $parts = explode('(', $tableColumn['type']);
-        $tableColumn['type'] = $parts[0];
+        $tableColumn['type'] = trim($parts[0]);
         if (isset($parts[1])) {
             $length = trim($parts[1], ')');
             $tableColumn['length'] = $length;
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SqliteSchemaManagerTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SqliteSchemaManagerTest.php
index dd03a0f9877..8ad8538985e 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SqliteSchemaManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SqliteSchemaManagerTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Doctrine\Tests\DBAL\Functional\Schema;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 
 class SqliteSchemaManagerTest extends SchemaManagerFunctionalTestCase
 {
@@ -156,6 +157,34 @@ public function testNonDefaultPKOrder()
         $this->assertEquals(array('other_id', 'id'), array_map('strtolower', $tableIndexes['primary']->getColumns()));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group DBAL-1779
+     */
+    public function testListTableColumnsWithWhitespacesInTypeDeclarations()
+    {
+        $sql = <<<SQL
+CREATE TABLE dbal_1779 (
+    foo VARCHAR (64) ,
+    bar TEXT (100)
+)
+SQL;
+
+        $this->_conn->executeQuery($sql);
+
+        $columns = $this->_sm->listTableColumns('dbal_1779');
+
+        $this->assertCount(2, $columns);
+
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('foo', $columns);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('bar', $columns);
+
+        $this->assertSame(Type::getType(Type::STRING), $columns['foo']->getType());
+        $this->assertSame(Type::getType(Type::TEXT), $columns['bar']->getType());
+
+        $this->assertSame(64, $columns['foo']->getLength());
+        $this->assertSame(100, $columns['bar']->getLength());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider getDiffListIntegerAutoincrementTableColumnsData
      * @group DBAL-924