diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/sqlite3/connection.h b/include/sqlpp11/sqlite3/connection.h
index 63aac63c..1909782a 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/sqlite3/connection.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/sqlite3/connection.h
@@ -74,9 +74,14 @@ namespace sqlpp
 
         detail::prepared_statement_handle_t result{nullptr, handle->config->debug};
 
+        // ignore trailing spaces
+        const auto end =
+            std::find_if(statement.rbegin(), statement.rend(), [](char ch) { return !std::isspace(ch); }).base();
+        const auto length = end - statement.begin();
+
         const char* uncompiledTail = nullptr;
         const auto rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(handle->native_handle(), statement.c_str(),
-                                           static_cast<int>(statement.size()), &result.sqlite_statement, &uncompiledTail);
+                                           static_cast<int>(length), &result.sqlite_statement, &uncompiledTail);
 
         if (rc != SQLITE_OK)
         {
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
               " ,statement was >>" + (rc == SQLITE_TOOBIG ? statement.substr(0, 128) + "..." : statement) + "<<\n"};
         }
 
-        if (uncompiledTail != statement.c_str() + statement.size())
+        if (uncompiledTail != statement.c_str() + length)
         {
           throw sqlpp::exception{"Sqlite3 connector: Cannot execute multi-statements: >>" + statement + "<<\n"};
         }
diff --git a/tests/sqlite3/usage/Sample.cpp b/tests/sqlite3/usage/Sample.cpp
index 61fb9169..c0b4e6f1 100644
--- a/tests/sqlite3/usage/Sample.cpp
+++ b/tests/sqlite3/usage/Sample.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ int Sample(int, char*[])
 		alpha INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
 			beta varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
 			gamma bool DEFAULT NULL
-			))");
+			)
+  )");
   db.execute(R"(CREATE TABLE tab_foo (
 		omega bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL
 			))");