diff --git a/src/clj_jtwig/standard_functions.clj b/src/clj_jtwig/standard_functions.clj
index 4301477..3271d97 100644
--- a/src/clj_jtwig/standard_functions.clj
+++ b/src/clj_jtwig/standard_functions.clj
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
             (apply min (first numbers))
             (apply min numbers)))}
 
+   "normalize_space"
+   {:fn (fn [s]
+          (StringUtils/normalizeSpace s))}
+
    "pad_left"
    {:fn (fn [s size & [padding-string]]
           (StringUtils/leftPad s size (or padding-string " ")))}
diff --git a/test/clj_jtwig/functions_test.clj b/test/clj_jtwig/functions_test.clj
index 8295128..33f72c8 100644
--- a/test/clj_jtwig/functions_test.clj
+++ b/test/clj_jtwig/functions_test.clj
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@
     (is (= (render "{{ min(2, 1, 5, 3, 4) }}" nil)
            "1")))
 
+  (testing "normalize_space"
+    (is (= (render "{{ normalize_space('  hello  world  ') }}" nil)
+           "hello world")))
+
   (testing "pad_left"
     (is (= (render "{{ pad_left('bat', 5) }}" nil)
            "  bat"))