diff --git a/snmpsim/grammar/snmprec.py b/snmpsim/grammar/snmprec.py
index afb0283..dafcabe 100644
--- a/snmpsim/grammar/snmprec.py
+++ b/snmpsim/grammar/snmprec.py
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ def build(self, oid, tag, val):
 
     def parse(self, line):
         try:
-            oid, tag, value = line.decode("iso-8859-1").strip().split("|", 2)
+            oid, tag, value = line.decode("iso-8859-1").split("|", 2)
 
         except Exception as exc:
             raise error.SnmpsimError(f"broken record <{line}>: {exc}")
 
         else:
             if oid and tag:
-                return oid, tag, value
+                return oid.strip(), tag.strip(), value.strip("\r\n\t")
 
             raise error.SnmpsimError("broken record <%s>" % line)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_snmprec_grammar.py b/tests/test_snmprec_grammar.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eb6329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_snmprec_grammar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from snmpsim.record.snmprec import SnmprecRecord
+
+
+def test_escaped_value_preserves_trailing_space():
+    record = SnmprecRecord()
+
+    oid, value = record.evaluate(
+        b"1.3.6.1.2.1.3.1.1.3.3.1.85.209.202.32|64e|U\\xd1\\xca \n"
+    )
+
+    assert oid.prettyPrint() == "1.3.6.1.2.1.3.1.1.3.3.1.85.209.202.32"
+    assert list(value) == [85, 209, 202, 32]