diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ad1710b..4e0bfe8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.generateAssetTags = function (assets) {
  */
 HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.injectAssetsIntoHtml = function (html, assets, assetTags) {
   var htmlRegExp = /(<html[^>]*>)/i;
-  var headRegExp = /(<\/head>)/i;
-  var bodyRegExp = /(<\/body>)/i;
+  var headRegExp = /(<\/head\s*>)/i;
+  var bodyRegExp = /(<\/body\s*>)/i;
   var body = assetTags.body.map(this.createHtmlTag);
   var head = assetTags.head.map(this.createHtmlTag);
 
diff --git a/spec/BasicSpec.js b/spec/BasicSpec.js
index 27ea085..facf354 100644
--- a/spec/BasicSpec.js
+++ b/spec/BasicSpec.js
@@ -1513,4 +1513,32 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
     },
     [/^<script type="text\/javascript" src="app_bundle\.js"><\/script>$/], null, done);
   });
+
+  it('allows you to inject the assets into the body of the given spaced closing tag template', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+        inject: 'body',
+        template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/spaced_plain.html')
+      })]
+    }, [/<body>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/body\s>/], null, done);
+  });
+
+  it('allows you to inject the assets into the head of the given spaced closing tag template', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+        inject: 'head',
+        template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/spaced_plain.html')
+      })]
+    }, [/<head>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/head\s>/], null, done);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/spaced_plain.html b/spec/fixtures/spaced_plain.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c2283d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/spaced_plain.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en" manifest="foo.appcache">
+<head>
+</head >
+<body>
+</body >
+</html>
