diff --git a/indra/llui/lltextvalidate.cpp b/indra/llui/lltextvalidate.cpp
index 324ceb7fbab88a9fd84fba6a18b740ecd63e8920..bfe0a5bb5d46d4fee27d28bc3cbcd87a431bd40f 100644
--- a/indra/llui/lltextvalidate.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/lltextvalidate.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,15 @@ namespace LLTextValidate
 		return rv;
 	}
 
+	bool validateASCIINoLeadingSpace(const LLWString &str)
+	{
+		if (LLStringOps::isSpace(str[0]))
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		return validateASCII(str);
+	}
+
 	// Used for multiline text stored on the server.
 	// Example is landmark description in Places SP.
 	bool validateASCIIWithNewLine(const LLWString &str)
diff --git a/indra/llui/lltextvalidate.h b/indra/llui/lltextvalidate.h
index 5c830d7db394fa50a9f01695c5fa07e73d0cca0c..e2b6c313d6d8ac3df9a938e7f76544f345cbf36f 100644
--- a/indra/llui/lltextvalidate.h
+++ b/indra/llui/lltextvalidate.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace LLTextValidate
 	bool	validateASCIIPrintableNoPipe(const LLWString &str); 
 	bool	validateASCIIPrintableNoSpace(const LLWString &str);
 	bool	validateASCII(const LLWString &str);
+	bool	validateASCIINoLeadingSpace(const LLWString &str);
 	bool	validateASCIIWithNewLine(const LLWString &str);
 }
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/llpanelgroupgeneral.cpp b/indra/newview/llpanelgroupgeneral.cpp
index b2164c1f21f2683cc87e3b583fe2c4ad8a5af49b..d17f5494a05e1fddc4a7617e6fe468bd0c89680c 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llpanelgroupgeneral.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llpanelgroupgeneral.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ void LLPanelGroupGeneral::setupCtrls(LLPanel* panel_group)
 
 
 	mGroupNameEditor = panel_group->getChild<LLLineEditor>("group_name_editor");
-	mGroupNameEditor->setPrevalidate( LLTextValidate::validateASCII );
+	mGroupNameEditor->setPrevalidate( LLTextValidate::validateASCIINoLeadingSpace );
 	
 
 }