diff --git a/autoload/ale/handlers.vim b/autoload/ale/handlers.vim
index 011817ab..38c9fd42 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/handlers.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/handlers.vim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function! s:HandleUnixFormat(buffer, lines, type) abort
     " file.go:27: missing argument for Printf("%s"): format reads arg 2, have only 1 args
     " file.go:53:10: if block ends with a return statement, so drop this else and outdent its block (move short variable declaration to its own line if necessary)
     " file.go:5:2: expected declaration, found 'STRING' "log"
-    let l:pattern = '^' . s:path_pattern . ':\(\d\+\):\?\(\d\+\)\?:\? \(.\+\)$'
+    let l:pattern = '^' . s:path_pattern . ':\(\d\+\):\?\(\d\+\)\?:\? \?\(.\+\)$'
     let l:output = []
 
     for l:line in a:lines
diff --git a/test/handler/test_common_handlers.vader b/test/handler/test_common_handlers.vader
index b5e0c2d3..13bae8c4 100644
--- a/test/handler/test_common_handlers.vader
+++ b/test/handler/test_common_handlers.vader
@@ -89,6 +89,27 @@ Execute (HandleUnixFormatAsError should handle some example lines of output):
   \   'test.pug:1:1 ".b" is not a valid class name.  Class names must begin with "-", "_" or a letter and can only contain "_", "-", a-z and 0-9.',
   \ ])
 
+Execute (HandleUnixFormatAsError should handle lines with no space after the colon):
+  AssertEqual
+  \ [
+  \   {
+  \     'lnum': 27,
+  \     'col': 0,
+  \     'type': 'E',
+  \     'text': 'foo',
+  \   },
+  \   {
+  \     'lnum': 53,
+  \     'col': 10,
+  \     'type': 'E',
+  \     'text': 'bar',
+  \   },
+  \ ],
+  \ ale#handlers#HandleUnixFormatAsError(42, [
+  \   'some_file.xyz:27:foo',
+  \   'some_file.xyz:53:10:bar',
+  \ ])
+
 Execute (HandleUnixFormatAsWarning should handle some example lines of output):
   AssertEqual
   \ [