diff --git a/pagerduty/resource_pagerduty_user_test.go b/pagerduty/resource_pagerduty_user_test.go
index 0a9cce823..7419d9f04 100644
--- a/pagerduty/resource_pagerduty_user_test.go
+++ b/pagerduty/resource_pagerduty_user_test.go
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ func testSweepUser(region string) error {
 }
 
 func TestAccPagerDutyUser_Basic(t *testing.T) {
-	username := fmt.Sprintf("tf-%s", acctest.RandString(5))
-	usernameSpaces := " " + username + " "
+	username := fmt.Sprintf("tf %s", acctest.RandString(5))
+	usernameSpaces := " " + strings.ReplaceAll(username, " ", "  ") + " "
 	usernameUpdated := fmt.Sprintf("tf-%s", acctest.RandString(5))
-	email := fmt.Sprintf("%s@foo.test", username)
+	email := fmt.Sprintf("%s@foo.test", strings.ReplaceAll(username, " ", ""))
 	emailUpdated := fmt.Sprintf("%s@foo.test", usernameUpdated)
 
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
diff --git a/pagerduty/util.go b/pagerduty/util.go
index 4668ec01f..1d871e950 100644
--- a/pagerduty/util.go
+++ b/pagerduty/util.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"math"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
@@ -82,7 +83,9 @@ func parseRFC3339Time(k, oldTime, newTime string) (time.Time, time.Time, error)
 }
 
 func suppressLeadTrailSpaceDiff(k, old, new string, d *schema.ResourceData) bool {
-	return old == strings.TrimSpace(new)
+	trimmedInput := strings.TrimSpace(new)
+	repeatedSpaceMatcher := regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
+	return old == repeatedSpaceMatcher.ReplaceAllLiteralString(trimmedInput, " ")
 }
 
 func suppressCaseDiff(k, old, new string, d *schema.ResourceData) bool {