diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 256a506268a06..d38fab6b0fe6b 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
 
       for (let i = 0, ii = glyphs.length; i < ii; i++) {
         const glyph = glyphs[i];
-        const { category } = glyph;
+        const { category, originalCharCode } = glyph;
 
         if (category.isInvisibleFormatMark) {
           continue;
@@ -2941,6 +2941,10 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
         }
         let scaledDim = glyphWidth * scale;
 
+        if (originalCharCode === 0x20) {
+          charSpacing += textState.wordSpacing;
+        }
+
         if (!keepWhiteSpace && category.isWhitespace) {
           // Don't push a " " in the textContentItem
           // (except when it's between two non-spaces chars),
@@ -2948,13 +2952,13 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
           // compareWithLastPosition.
           // This way we can merge real spaces and spaces due to cursor moves.
           if (!font.vertical) {
-            charSpacing += scaledDim + textState.wordSpacing;
+            charSpacing += scaledDim;
             textState.translateTextMatrix(
               charSpacing * textState.textHScale,
               0
             );
           } else {
-            charSpacing += -scaledDim + textState.wordSpacing;
+            charSpacing += -scaledDim;
             textState.translateTextMatrix(0, -charSpacing);
           }
           saveLastChar(" ");
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index 6b1ede9aefd21..45530519a2b23 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -746,3 +746,5 @@
 !issue20232.pdf
 !bug1989304.pdf
 !comments.pdf
+!issue20319_1.pdf
+!issue20319_2.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue20319_1.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue20319_1.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0fe77c69957d9
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue20319_1.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue20319_2.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue20319_2.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0878fb50b11df
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue20319_2.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/unit/api_spec.js b/test/unit/api_spec.js
index 648fe309e7952..a006bb226a6eb 100644
--- a/test/unit/api_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/api_spec.js
@@ -4027,6 +4027,37 @@ Caron Broadcasting, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Lessee”).`)
       expect(items[1].fontName).not.toEqual(items[0].fontName);
     });
 
+    it("gets text content with word spacing (issue 20319)", async function () {
+      const loadingTask = getDocument(
+        buildGetDocumentParams("issue20319_1.pdf")
+      );
+      const pdfDoc = await loadingTask.promise;
+      const pdfPage = await pdfDoc.getPage(1);
+      const { items } = await pdfPage.getTextContent({
+        disableNormalization: true,
+      });
+      const text = mergeText(items);
+
+      expect(text).toEqual("A A");
+
+      await loadingTask.destroy();
+    });
+
+    it("gets text content with word spacing and a fake space (issue 20319)", async function () {
+      const loadingTask = getDocument(
+        buildGetDocumentParams("issue20319_2.pdf")
+      );
+      const pdfDoc = await loadingTask.promise;
+      const pdfPage = await pdfDoc.getPage(1);
+      const { items } = await pdfPage.getTextContent({
+        disableNormalization: true,
+      });
+      const text = mergeText(items);
+      expect(text).toEqual("AA A");
+
+      await loadingTask.destroy();
+    });
+
     it("gets empty structure tree", async function () {
       const tree = await page.getStructTree();