diff --git a/requests/utils.py b/requests/utils.py
index 06e66a80..182348da 100644
--- a/requests/utils.py
+++ b/requests/utils.py
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ def parse_header_links(value):
 
     replace_chars = " '\""
 
-    for val in re.split(",\ *<", value):
+    for val in re.split(", *<", value):
         try:
             url, params = val.split(";", 1)
         except ValueError: