diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 9c9e67c50a..60d684bc42 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Tom Tobin
     Tom Insam
     Joe Topjian <http://joe.terrarum.net/geek/code/python/django/>
+    Karen Tracey <graybark@bellsouth.net>
     Amit Upadhyay
     Geert Vanderkelen
     Milton Waddams
diff --git a/django/core/management.py b/django/core/management.py
index 6a077f1d1a..f1e240b88c 100644
--- a/django/core/management.py
+++ b/django/core/management.py
@@ -733,6 +733,10 @@ def inspectdb():
                 extra_params['db_column'] = att_name
                 att_name += '_field'
                 comment_notes.append('Field renamed because it was a Python reserved word.')
+            elif ' ' in att_name:
+                extra_params['db_column'] = att_name
+                att_name = att_name.replace(' ', '')
+                comment_notes.append('Field renamed to remove spaces.')
 
             if relations.has_key(i):
                 rel_to = relations[i][1] == table_name and "'self'" or table2model(relations[i][1])