diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/link.rb b/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
index 5572032..24b849d 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ module Webrat
     end
     
     def matches_text?(link_text)
+      html = text.gsub(' ',' ')
       matcher = /#{Regexp.escape(link_text.to_s)}/i
-      text =~ matcher || title =~ matcher
+      html =~ matcher || title =~ matcher
     end
     
     def text
diff --git a/spec/api/clicks_link_spec.rb b/spec/api/clicks_link_spec.rb
index e40a863..a29e1c9 100644
--- a/spec/api/clicks_link_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/api/clicks_link_spec.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe "clicks_link" do
     @session.clicks_delete_link "Link text"
   end
   
+  
   it "should click post links" do
     @session.response_body = <<-EOS
       <a href="/page">Link text</a>
@@ -181,6 +182,15 @@ describe "clicks_link" do
     @session.clicks_link "Link"
   end
   
+  it "should treat non-breaking spaces as spaces" do
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+    <a href="/page1">This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;link</a>
+    EOS
+    
+    @session.should_receive(:get).with("/page1", {})
+    @session.clicks_link "This is a link"
+  end
+  
   it "should click link within a selector" do
     @session.response_body = <<-EOS
     <a href="/page1">Link</a>