diff --git a/src/ng/filter.js b/src/ng/filter.js
index 06b45b029347..1d1b44ecfb92 100644
--- a/src/ng/filter.js
+++ b/src/ng/filter.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  lowercaseFilter: true,
  numberFilter: true,
  orderByFilter: true,
+ trimFilter: true,
  uppercaseFilter: true,
  */
 
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ function $FilterProvider($provide) {
     lowercaseFilter: false,
     numberFilter: false,
     orderByFilter: false,
+	trimFilter: false,
     uppercaseFilter: false
   */
 
@@ -168,4 +170,5 @@ function $FilterProvider($provide) {
   register('number', numberFilter);
   register('orderBy', orderByFilter);
   register('uppercase', uppercaseFilter);
+  register('trim', trimFilter);
 }
diff --git a/src/ng/filter/filters.js b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
index 8d8f221a56cb..0156d5f91e74 100644
--- a/src/ng/filter/filters.js
+++ b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
@@ -478,6 +478,37 @@ var DATE_FORMATS = {
 var DATE_FORMATS_SPLIT = /((?:[^yMLdHhmsaZEwG']+)|(?:'(?:[^']|'')*')|(?:E+|y+|M+|L+|d+|H+|h+|m+|s+|a|Z|G+|w+))(.*)/,
     NUMBER_STRING = /^\-?\d+$/;
 
+/**
+ * @ngdoc filter
+ * @name trim
+ * @kind function
+ *
+ * @description
+ *   Allows you to remove beginning and trailing whitespace from a given string.
+ *
+ * @param {string} Any string.
+ * @returns {string} string with no beginning or trailing whitespace.
+ *
+ *
+ * @example
+   <example name="filter-trim">
+     <file name="index.html">
+       <pre id="trim-me">{{ {'    I Am A String  '} | trim }}</pre>
+     </file>
+     <file name="protractor.js" type="protractor">
+       it('should trim filtered strings', function() {
+         expect(element(by.id('trim-me')).getText()).toMatch('I Am A String');
+       });
+     </file>
+   </example>
+ *
+ */
+function trimFilter() {
+  return function(string) {
+    return string.trim();
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * @ngdoc filter
  * @name date