diff --git a/lib/loadObj.js b/lib/loadObj.js
index c0e5a6f..ec2984e 100644
--- a/lib/loadObj.js
+++ b/lib/loadObj.js
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ function Primitive() {
 
 // OBJ regex patterns are modified from ThreeJS (https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader.js)
 const vertexPattern =
-  /v( +[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)( +[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)( +[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)/; // v float float float
+  /v(\s+[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)(\s+[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)(\s+[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)/; // v float float float
 const normalPattern =
-  /vn( +[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)( +[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)( +[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)/; // vn float float float
-const uvPattern = /vt( +[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)( +[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)/; // vt float float
+  /vn(\s+[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)(\s+[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)(\s+[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)/; // vn float float float
+const uvPattern = /vt(\s+[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)(\s+[\d|\.|\+|\-|e|E]+)/; // vt float float
 const facePattern = /(-?\d+)\/?(-?\d*)\/?(-?\d*)/g; // for any face format "f v", "f v/v", "f v//v", "f v/v/v"
 
 const scratchCartesian = new Cartesian3();
diff --git a/specs/data/box-with-tabs/box-with-tabs.mtl b/specs/data/box-with-tabs/box-with-tabs.mtl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f8d129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/data/box-with-tabs/box-with-tabs.mtl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Blender MTL File: 'None'
+# Material Count: 1
+
+newmtl Material
+Ns 96.078431
+Ka 0.100000 0.000000 0.000000
+Kd 0.640000 0.640000 0.640000
+Ks 0.500000 0.500000 0.500000
+Ke 0.000000 0.000000 0.100000
+Ni 1.000000
+d 1.000000
+illum 2
diff --git a/specs/data/box-with-tabs/box-with-tabs.obj b/specs/data/box-with-tabs/box-with-tabs.obj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..263a0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/data/box-with-tabs/box-with-tabs.obj
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+mtllib box.mtl
+o Cube
+v -1.000000	-1.00000    1.000000
+v -1.000000	1.000000	1.000000
+v -1.000000	-1.000000	-1.000000
+v -1.000000	1.000000	-1.000000
+v 1.000000	-1.000000	1.000000
+v 1.000000	1.000000	1.000000
+v 1.000000	-1.000000	-1.000000
+v 1.000000	1.000000	-1.000000
+vt 0.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	1.0000
+vt 0.0000	1.0000
+vt 0.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	1.0000
+vt 0.0000	1.0000
+vt 0.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	1.0000
+vt 0.0000	1.0000
+vt 0.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	1.0000
+vt 0.0000	1.0000
+vt 1.0000	0.0000
+vt 1.0000	1.0000
+vt 0.0000	0.0000
+vt 0.0000	1.0000
+vn -1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
+vn 0.0000	0.0000	-1.0000
+vn 1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
+vn 0.0000	0.0000	1.0000
+vn 0.0000	-1.0000	0.0000
+vn 0.0000	1.0000	0.0000
+usemtl Material
+s off
+f 1/1/1	2/2/1	4/3/1	3/4/1
+f 3/5/2	4/6/2	8/7/2	7/8/2
+f 7/9/3	8/10/3	6/11/3	5/12/3
+f 5/13/4	6/14/4	2/15/4	1/16/4
+f 3/5/5	7/17/5	5/18/5	1/16/5
+f 8/19/6	4/6/6	2/15/6	6/20/6
diff --git a/specs/lib/loadObjSpec.js b/specs/lib/loadObjSpec.js
index 11355e6..e7752d3 100644
--- a/specs/lib/loadObjSpec.js
+++ b/specs/lib/loadObjSpec.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const objIncompleteUvsPath =
   "specs/data/box-incomplete-attributes/box-incomplete-uvs.obj";
 const objIncorrectWindingOrderPath =
   "specs/data/box-incorrect-winding-order/box-incorrect-winding-order.obj";
+const objWithTabs = "specs/data/box-with-tabs/box-with-tabs.obj";
 const objInvalidPath = "invalid.obj";
 
 function getMeshes(data) {
@@ -535,6 +536,17 @@ describe("loadObj", () => {
     expect(baseColorTexture.source).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  it("loads an obj where coordinates are separated by tabs", async () => {
+    /**
+     * We know Tinkercad to produce files with coordinates separated by tabs.
+     */
+    const data = await loadObj(objWithTabs, options);
+    const primitive = getPrimitives(data)[0];
+    expect(primitive.positions.length / 3).toBe(24);
+    expect(primitive.normals.length / 3).toBe(24);
+    expect(primitive.uvs.length / 2).toBe(24);
+  });
+
   it("separates faces that don't use the same attributes as other faces in the primitive", async () => {
     const data = await loadObj(objMixedAttributesPath, options);
     const primitives = getPrimitives(data);