diff --git a/mailnews/db/gloda/modules/fundattr.js b/mailnews/db/gloda/modules/fundattr.js
index 86b6e0b4ba..c137c59d82 100644
--- a/mailnews/db/gloda/modules/fundattr.js
+++ b/mailnews/db/gloda/modules/fundattr.js
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ var GlodaFundAttr = {
     let rangeStart = 0, lastNonBlankLine = null, prevLastNonBlankLine = null;
     let inQuoteDepth = 0;
     for each (let [iLine, line] in Iterator(bodyLines)) {
-      if (!line)
+      if (!line || (line == "\xa0")) /* unicode non breaking space */
         continue;
 
       if (line[0] == ">") {
diff --git a/mailnews/db/gloda/test/unit/test_gloda_content.js b/mailnews/db/gloda/test/unit/test_gloda_content.js
index 4e7032bc32..34452efe88 100644
--- a/mailnews/db/gloda/test/unit/test_gloda_content.js
+++ b/mailnews/db/gloda/test/unit/test_gloda_content.js
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ var messageInfos = [
            [false, ""],
            [true, "Verily!"]]
   },
+  {
+    name: "german style",
+    bode: [[false, "Mark Banner <bugzilla@standard8.plus.com> wrote:"],
+           [false, "\xa0"],
+           [false, "> We haven't nailed anything down in detail yet, depending on how we are "],
+           [true, "That sounds great and would definitely be appreciated by localizers."],
+           [false, ""]]
+  },
   {
     name: "tortuous interference",
     bode: [[false, "> wrote"],