diff --git a/src/cli/decode.rs b/src/cli/decode.rs
index 8eabf0ff..9085544d 100644
--- a/src/cli/decode.rs
+++ b/src/cli/decode.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::{
 use clap::{Args, ValueEnum};
 use serde::Serialize;
 
-use crate::cli::Channel;
+use crate::cli::{skip_whitespace::SkipWhitespace, Channel};
 
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -82,27 +82,33 @@ macro_rules! run_x {
                 Error::UnknownType(self.r#type.clone(), &crate::$m::TypeVariant::VARIANTS_STR)
             })?;
             for f in &mut files {
-                let mut f = crate::$m::Limited::new(f, crate::$m::Limits::none());
                 match self.input {
                     InputFormat::Single => {
+                        let mut f = crate::$m::Limited::new(f, crate::$m::Limits::none());
                         let t = crate::$m::Type::read_xdr_to_end(r#type, &mut f)?;
                         self.out(&t)?;
                     }
                     InputFormat::SingleBase64 => {
+                        let f = SkipWhitespace::new(f);
+                        let mut f = crate::$m::Limited::new(f, crate::$m::Limits::none());
                         let t = crate::$m::Type::read_xdr_base64_to_end(r#type, &mut f)?;
                         self.out(&t)?;
                     }
                     InputFormat::Stream => {
+                        let mut f = crate::$m::Limited::new(f, crate::$m::Limits::none());
                         for t in crate::$m::Type::read_xdr_iter(r#type, &mut f) {
                             self.out(&t?)?;
                         }
                     }
                     InputFormat::StreamBase64 => {
+                        let f = SkipWhitespace::new(f);
+                        let mut f = crate::$m::Limited::new(f, crate::$m::Limits::none());
                         for t in crate::$m::Type::read_xdr_base64_iter(r#type, &mut f) {
                             self.out(&t?)?;
                         }
                     }
                     InputFormat::StreamFramed => {
+                        let mut f = crate::$m::Limited::new(f, crate::$m::Limits::none());
                         for t in crate::$m::Type::read_xdr_framed_iter(r#type, &mut f) {
                             self.out(&t?)?;
                         }
diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index 68dd0fb6..6128be04 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod decode;
 pub mod encode;
 pub mod guess;
+mod skip_whitespace;
 pub mod types;
 mod version;
 
diff --git a/src/cli/skip_whitespace.rs b/src/cli/skip_whitespace.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dad214e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/skip_whitespace.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+use std::io::Read;
+
+/// Forwards read operations to the wrapped object, skipping over any whitespace
+/// in what is written to buf when the function returns.
+pub struct SkipWhitespace<R: Read> {
+    inner: R,
+}
+
+impl<R: Read> SkipWhitespace<R> {
+    pub fn new(inner: R) -> Self {
+        SkipWhitespace { inner }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<R: Read> Read for SkipWhitespace<R> {
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        let n = self.inner.read(buf)?;
+
+        let mut written = 0;
+        for read in 0..n {
+            if !buf[read].is_ascii_whitespace() {
+                buf[written] = buf[read];
+                written += 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(written)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test() {
+        struct Test {
+            input: &'static [u8],
+            output: &'static [u8],
+        }
+        let tests = [
+            Test {
+                input: b"",
+                output: b"",
+            },
+            Test {
+                input: b" \n\t\r",
+                output: b"",
+            },
+            Test {
+                input: b"a c",
+                output: b"ac",
+            },
+            Test {
+                input: b"ab cd",
+                output: b"abcd",
+            },
+            Test {
+                input: b" ab \n cd ",
+                output: b"abcd",
+            },
+        ];
+        for (i, t) in tests.iter().enumerate() {
+            let mut skip = SkipWhitespace::new(t.input);
+            let mut output = Vec::new();
+            skip.read_to_end(&mut output).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(output, t.output, "#{i}");
+        }
+    }
+}