diff --git a/src/rules.js b/src/rules.js
index 4f99615dd5..538303f330 100644
--- a/src/rules.js
+++ b/src/rules.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ block.normal = merge({}, block);
 
 block.gfm = merge({}, block.normal, {
   table: '^ *([^\\n ].*\\|.*)\\n' // Header
-    + ' {0,3}(?:\\| *)?(:?-+:? *(?:\\| *:?-+:? *)*)\\|?' // Align
+    + ' {0,3}(?:\\| *)?(:?-+:? *(?:\\| *:?-+:? *)*)(?:\\| *)?' // Align
     + '(?:\\n((?:(?! *\\n|hr|heading|blockquote|code|fences|list|html).*(?:\\n|$))*)\\n*|$)' // Cells
 });
 
diff --git a/test/specs/new/space_after_table.html b/test/specs/new/space_after_table.html
index 911d4aedea..152258d0f3 100644
--- a/test/specs/new/space_after_table.html
+++ b/test/specs/new/space_after_table.html
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
   </tbody>
 </table>
 
-<p>there should be a single space in the line above</p>
+<p>there should be a single space at the end of every line above</p>
diff --git a/test/specs/new/space_after_table.md b/test/specs/new/space_after_table.md
index 385ffe6229..94b80d6a49 100644
--- a/test/specs/new/space_after_table.md
+++ b/test/specs/new/space_after_table.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 gfm: true
 ---
-| a | b |
-|---|---|
-| 1 | 2 |
+| a | b | 
+|---|---| 
+| 1 | 2 | 
  
-there should be a single space in the line above
\ No newline at end of file
+there should be a single space at the end of every line above