diff --git a/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/ 2x2 image  has multiple      spaces.png  b/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/ 2x2 image  has multiple      spaces.png 
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diff --git a/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/2x2 image has spaces.png b/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/2x2 image has spaces.png
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diff --git a/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriMultipleSpaces.gltf b/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriMultipleSpaces.gltf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49d32ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriMultipleSpaces.gltf
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+{
+  "asset": {
+    "version": "2.0"
+  },
+  "scenes": [
+    {
+      "nodes": [
+        0
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "scene": 0,
+  "nodes": [
+    {
+      "mesh": 0
+    }
+  ],
+  "meshes": [
+    {
+      "primitives": [
+        {
+          "attributes": {
+            "NORMAL": 2,
+            "POSITION": 1,
+            "TEXCOORD_0": 3
+          },
+          "indices": 0,
+          "mode": 4,
+          "material": 0
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "materials": [
+    {
+      "pbrMetallicRoughness": {
+        "baseColorTexture": {
+          "index": 0,
+          "texCoord": 0
+        },
+        "baseColorFactor": [
+          1,
+          1,
+          1,
+          1
+        ],
+        "metallicFactor": 1,
+        "roughnessFactor": 1
+      },
+      "emissiveFactor": [
+        0,
+        0,
+        0
+      ],
+      "alphaMode": "OPAQUE"
+    }
+  ],
+  "textures": [
+    {
+      "source": 0,
+      "sampler": 0
+    }
+  ],
+  "samplers": [
+    {
+      "wrapS": 33071,
+      "wrapT": 33071
+    }
+  ],
+  "images": [
+    {
+      "uri": " 2x2 image  has multiple      spaces.png "
+    }
+  ],
+  "accessors": [
+    {
+      "bufferView": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "componentType": 5121,
+      "count": 36,
+      "normalized": false,
+      "max": [
+        23
+      ],
+      "min": [
+        0
+      ],
+      "type": "SCALAR"
+    },
+    {
+      "bufferView": 1,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "componentType": 5126,
+      "count": 24,
+      "normalized": false,
+      "max": [
+        0.5,
+        0.5,
+        0.5
+      ],
+      "min": [
+        -0.5,
+        -0.5,
+        -0.5
+      ],
+      "type": "VEC3"
+    },
+    {
+      "bufferView": 2,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "componentType": 5126,
+      "count": 24,
+      "normalized": false,
+      "max": [
+        1,
+        1,
+        1
+      ],
+      "min": [
+        -1,
+        -1,
+        -1
+      ],
+      "type": "VEC3"
+    },
+    {
+      "bufferView": 3,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "componentType": 5126,
+      "count": 24,
+      "normalized": false,
+      "max": [
+        1,
+        1
+      ],
+      "min": [
+        0,
+        0
+      ],
+      "type": "VEC2"
+    }
+  ],
+  "bufferViews": [
+    {
+      "buffer": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "byteLength": 36
+    },
+    {
+      "buffer": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 36,
+      "byteLength": 288
+    },
+    {
+      "buffer": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 324,
+      "byteLength": 288
+    },
+    {
+      "buffer": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 612,
+      "byteLength": 192
+    }
+  ],
+  "buffers": [
+    {
+      "byteLength": 804,
+      "uri": "CubeImageUriSpaces.bin"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriSpaces.bin b/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriSpaces.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2059867
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diff --git a/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriSpaces.gltf b/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriSpaces.gltf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c166d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriSpaces.gltf
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+{
+  "asset": {
+    "version": "2.0"
+  },
+  "scenes": [
+    {
+      "nodes": [
+        0
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "scene": 0,
+  "nodes": [
+    {
+      "mesh": 0
+    }
+  ],
+  "meshes": [
+    {
+      "primitives": [
+        {
+          "attributes": {
+            "NORMAL": 2,
+            "POSITION": 1,
+            "TEXCOORD_0": 3
+          },
+          "indices": 0,
+          "mode": 4,
+          "material": 0
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "materials": [
+    {
+      "pbrMetallicRoughness": {
+        "baseColorTexture": {
+          "index": 0,
+          "texCoord": 0
+        },
+        "baseColorFactor": [
+          1,
+          1,
+          1,
+          1
+        ],
+        "metallicFactor": 1,
+        "roughnessFactor": 1
+      },
+      "emissiveFactor": [
+        0,
+        0,
+        0
+      ],
+      "alphaMode": "OPAQUE"
+    }
+  ],
+  "textures": [
+    {
+      "source": 0,
+      "sampler": 0
+    }
+  ],
+  "samplers": [
+    {
+      "wrapS": 33071,
+      "wrapT": 33071
+    }
+  ],
+  "images": [
+    {
+      "uri": "2x2 image has spaces.png"
+    }
+  ],
+  "accessors": [
+    {
+      "bufferView": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "componentType": 5121,
+      "count": 36,
+      "normalized": false,
+      "max": [
+        23
+      ],
+      "min": [
+        0
+      ],
+      "type": "SCALAR"
+    },
+    {
+      "bufferView": 1,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "componentType": 5126,
+      "count": 24,
+      "normalized": false,
+      "max": [
+        0.5,
+        0.5,
+        0.5
+      ],
+      "min": [
+        -0.5,
+        -0.5,
+        -0.5
+      ],
+      "type": "VEC3"
+    },
+    {
+      "bufferView": 2,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "componentType": 5126,
+      "count": 24,
+      "normalized": false,
+      "max": [
+        1,
+        1,
+        1
+      ],
+      "min": [
+        -1,
+        -1,
+        -1
+      ],
+      "type": "VEC3"
+    },
+    {
+      "bufferView": 3,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "componentType": 5126,
+      "count": 24,
+      "normalized": false,
+      "max": [
+        1,
+        1
+      ],
+      "min": [
+        0,
+        0
+      ],
+      "type": "VEC2"
+    }
+  ],
+  "bufferViews": [
+    {
+      "buffer": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 0,
+      "byteLength": 36
+    },
+    {
+      "buffer": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 36,
+      "byteLength": 288
+    },
+    {
+      "buffer": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 324,
+      "byteLength": 288
+    },
+    {
+      "buffer": 0,
+      "byteOffset": 612,
+      "byteLength": 192
+    }
+  ],
+  "buffers": [
+    {
+      "byteLength": 804,
+      "uri": "CubeImageUriSpaces.bin"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/tester.cc b/tests/tester.cc
index 58ec000..c6d31b0 100644
--- a/tests/tester.cc
+++ b/tests/tester.cc
@@ -333,3 +333,29 @@ TEST_CASE("pbr-khr-texture-transform", "[material]") {
   REQUIRE(scale[1] == Approx(-1.0));
 
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("image-uri-spaces", "[issue-236]") {
+
+  tinygltf::Model model;
+  tinygltf::TinyGLTF ctx;
+  std::string err;
+  std::string warn;
+
+  // Test image file with single spaces.
+  bool ret = ctx.LoadASCIIFromFile(&model, &err, &warn, "../models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriSpaces.gltf");
+  if (!err.empty()) {
+    std::cerr << err << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  REQUIRE(true == ret);
+
+  // Test image file with a beginning space, trailing space, and greater than
+  // one consecutive spaces.
+  ret = ctx.LoadASCIIFromFile(&model, &err, &warn, "../models/CubeImageUriSpaces/CubeImageUriMultipleSpaces.gltf");
+  if (!err.empty()) {
+    std::cerr << err << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  REQUIRE(true == ret);
+}
+
diff --git a/tiny_gltf.h b/tiny_gltf.h
index c26fe40..91c77b5 100644
--- a/tiny_gltf.h
+++ b/tiny_gltf.h
@@ -2458,8 +2458,10 @@ std::string ExpandFilePath(const std::string &filepath, void *) {
     return "";
   }
 
+  // Quote the string to keep any spaces in filepath intact.
+  std::string quoted_path = "\"" + filepath + "\"";
   // char** w;
-  int ret = wordexp(filepath.c_str(), &p, 0);
+  int ret = wordexp(quoted_path.c_str(), &p, 0);
   if (ret) {
     // err
     s = filepath;