diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 704b544915..c8e4d73a85 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ xxxx-xx-xx
   - Fix IsSimpleOp for MultiPoint with empty element (GH-1005, Martin Davis)
   - Fix PreparedPolygonContains for GC with MultiPoint (GH-1008, Martin Davis)
   - Fix TopologyPreservingSimplifier to prevent jumping components (GH-1012, Martin Davis)
+  - Fix reading WKT with EMPTY token with white space (GH-1025, Mike Taves)
 
 ## Changes in 3.12.1
 2023-11-11
diff --git a/src/io/StringTokenizer.cpp b/src/io/StringTokenizer.cpp
index 5735913ccd..e016299eb4 100644
--- a/src/io/StringTokenizer.cpp
+++ b/src/io/StringTokenizer.cpp
@@ -154,10 +154,8 @@ StringTokenizer::peekNextToken()
         return str[pos];
     }
 
-    // It's either a Number or a Word, let's
-    // see when it ends
-
-    pos = str.find_first_of("\n\r\t() ,", static_cast<string::size_type>(iter - str.begin()));
+    // It's either a Number or a Word, let's see when it ends
+    pos = str.find_first_of("\n\r\t() ,", pos + 1);
 
     if(pos == string::npos) {
         if(iter != str.end()) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/io/WKTReaderTest.cpp b/tests/unit/io/WKTReaderTest.cpp
index 3180a66869..37bc3010d5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/io/WKTReaderTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/io/WKTReaderTest.cpp
@@ -447,4 +447,15 @@ void object::test<22>
     ensure_dimension("MULTIPOINT ZM ((0 0 4 3), (1 2 4 5))", true, true);
 }
 
+// EMPTY token with some white space
+template<>
+template<>
+void object::test<23>
+()
+{
+    GeomPtr geom(wktreader.read("MULTIPOINT( EMPTY, (10 10), (20 20))"));
+
+    ensure_equals(geom->getNumGeometries(), 3u);
+}
+
 } // namespace tut