diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 931798b4b..a26ed0ce0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Features
 - [#133](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/133): Add plugin.Gather error logging. Thanks @nickscript0!
 - [#136](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/136): Add a -usage flag for printing usage of a single plugin.
+- [#137](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/137): Memcached: fix when a value contains a space
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#128](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/128): system_load measurement missing.
diff --git a/plugins/memcached/memcached.go b/plugins/memcached/memcached.go
index 802fae35d..7035bde04 100644
--- a/plugins/memcached/memcached.go
+++ b/plugins/memcached/memcached.go
@@ -100,14 +100,13 @@ func (m *Memcached) gatherServer(address string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error
 			break
 		}
 		// Read values
-		var name, value string
-		n, errScan := fmt.Sscanf(string(line), "STAT %s %s\r\n", &name, &value)
-		if errScan != nil || n != 2 {
+		s := bytes.SplitN(line, []byte(" "), 3)
+		if len(s) != 3 || !bytes.Equal(s[0], []byte("STAT")) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected line in stats response: %q", line)
 		}
 
 		// Save values
-		values[name] = value
+		values[string(s[1])] = string(s[2])
 	}
 
 	//