diff --git a/poppler-21.01.0-space-after.patch b/poppler-21.01.0-space-after.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f1656c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poppler-21.01.0-space-after.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From d6cccfb8d814d89c51c9e65563be2e475f46212b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nelson Benítez León <nbenitezl@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 14:06:15 -0400
+Subject: TextSelectionDumper: Fix getText() for space after word
+
+Fix TextSelectionDumper::getText() (which is
+currently only used by the glib frontend) to
+not default to add a space after word in the
+case the word is explicitly set to not carry
+that space by means of the 'spaceAfter' TextWord
+field.
+
+Fixes issue #1042
+
+diff --git a/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc b/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc
+index 451b4cb6..10a3b5f3 100644
+--- a/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc
++++ b/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc
+@@ -4420,7 +4420,7 @@ GooString *TextSelectionDumper::getText()
+             TextWordSelection *sel = (*lineWords)[j];
+ 
+             page->dumpFragment(sel->word->text + sel->begin, sel->end - sel->begin, uMap, text);
+-            if (j < lineWords->size() - 1)
++            if (j < lineWords->size() - 1 && sel->word->spaceAfter)
+                 text->append(space, spaceLen);
+         }
+         if (i < nLines - 1)
diff --git a/poppler.spec b/poppler.spec
index 9300c08..a8ea6b1 100644
--- a/poppler.spec
+++ b/poppler.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: PDF rendering library
 Name:    poppler
 Version: 21.01.0
-Release: 24%{?dist}
+Release: 25%{?dist}
 License: (GPLv2 or GPLv3) and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and MIT
 URL:     http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
 Source0: http://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ Patch15: poppler-21.01.0-check-bitmap-in-combine.patch
 # https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-126070
 Patch16: poppler-21.01.0-fix-pdfsig-man-page.patch
 
+# https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-165202
+Patch17: poppler-21.01.0-space-after.patch
+
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
@@ -253,6 +256,10 @@ test "$(pkg-config --modversion poppler-qt5)" = "%{version}"
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 11 2026 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 21.01.0-25
+- Fix getText() for space after word
+- Resolves: RHEL-165202
+
 * Mon Dec 22 2025 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 21.01.0-24
 - Fix pdfsig's man page
 - Resolves: RHEL-126070