diff --git a/lib/parser.test.js b/lib/parser.test.js
index 798a8ed4a..4713e1cdf 100644
--- a/lib/parser.test.js
+++ b/lib/parser.test.js
@@ -31,3 +31,21 @@ test('a text preserved', () => {
 
   expect(actual).toBe(expected);
 });
+
+test('title surrounding whitespace trimmed same as desc', () => {
+  const descTitleInput = `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<desc>  My Desc  </desc>
+<title>  My Title  </title>
+</svg>`;
+
+  const descTitleExpected =
+    '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">' +
+    '<desc>My Desc</desc>' +
+    '<title>My Title</title>' +
+    '</svg>';
+
+  const parsed = parseSvg(descTitleInput);
+  const actual = stringifySvg(parsed, {});
+
+  expect(actual).toBe(descTitleExpected);
+});
diff --git a/plugins/_collections.js b/plugins/_collections.js
index feab67bfc..2f31fb0a9 100644
--- a/plugins/_collections.js
+++ b/plugins/_collections.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export const elemsGroups = {
  * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/pre
  * @type {Readonly<Set<string>>}
  */
-export const textElems = new Set([...elemsGroups.textContent, 'pre', 'title']);
+export const textElems = new Set([...elemsGroups.textContent, 'pre']);
 
 /**
  * @type {Readonly<Set<string>>}
diff --git a/test/plugins/inlineStyles.16.svg.txt b/test/plugins/inlineStyles.16.svg.txt
index 31f548af2..234756186 100644
--- a/test/plugins/inlineStyles.16.svg.txt
+++ b/test/plugins/inlineStyles.16.svg.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 
 <svg id="Ebene_1" data-name="Ebene 1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 222 57.28">
     <defs/>
-    <title>button</title>
+    <title>
+        button
+    </title>
     <rect width="222" height="57.28" rx="28.64" ry="28.64" style="fill:#37d0cd;stroke:red"/>
     <path d="M312.75,168.66A2.15,2.15,0,0,1,311.2,165L316,160l-4.8-5a2.15,2.15,0,1,1,3.1-3l6.21,6.49a2.15,2.15,0,0,1,0,3L314.31,168a2.14,2.14,0,0,1-1.56.67Zm0,0" transform="translate(-119 -131.36)" style="fill:#fff"/>
     <circle cx="33.5" cy="27.25" r="2.94" style="fill:#fff"/>