diff -r 56d1a7a5bb3e django/template/__init__.py
--- a/django/template/__init__.py	Tue Mar 31 04:54:48 2009 -0300
+++ b/django/template/__init__.py	Tue Mar 31 07:23:08 2009 -0300
@@ -411,6 +411,20 @@
         "A microparser that parses for a value: some string constant or variable name."
         subject = self.subject
         i = self.pointer
+
+        def __next_space_index(subject, i):
+            """Increment pointer until a real space (i.e. a space not within quotes) is encountered"""
+            while i < len(subject) and subject[i] not in (' ', '\t'):
+                if subject[i] in ('"', "'"):
+                    c = subject[i]
+                    i += 1
+                    while i < len(subject) and subject[i] != c:
+                        i += 1
+                    if i >= len(subject):
+                        raise TemplateSyntaxError("Searching for value. Unexpected end of string in column %d: %s" % (i, subject))
+            	i += 1
+            return i
+
         if i >= len(subject):
             raise TemplateSyntaxError("Searching for value. Expected another value but found end of string: %s" % subject)
         if subject[i] in ('"', "'"):
@@ -421,6 +435,10 @@
             if i >= len(subject):
                 raise TemplateSyntaxError("Searching for value. Unexpected end of string in column %d: %s" % (i, subject))
             i += 1
+
+            # Continue parsing until next "real" space, so that filters are also included
+            i = __next_space_index(subject, i)
+
             res = subject[p:i]
             while i < len(subject) and subject[i] in (' ', '\t'):
                 i += 1
@@ -429,15 +447,7 @@
             return res
         else:
             p = i
-            while i < len(subject) and subject[i] not in (' ', '\t'):
-                if subject[i] in ('"', "'"):
-                    c = subject[i]
-                    i += 1
-                    while i < len(subject) and subject[i] != c:
-                        i += 1
-                    if i >= len(subject):
-                        raise TemplateSyntaxError("Searching for value. Unexpected end of string in column %d: %s" % (i, subject))
-                i += 1
+            i = __next_space_index(subject, i)
             s = subject[p:i]
             while i < len(subject) and subject[i] in (' ', '\t'):
                 i += 1
diff -r 56d1a7a5bb3e tests/regressiontests/templates/parser.py
--- a/tests/regressiontests/templates/parser.py	Tue Mar 31 04:54:48 2009 -0300
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/templates/parser.py	Tue Mar 31 07:23:08 2009 -0300
@@ -1,5 +1,54 @@
 """
 Testing some internals of the template processing. These are *not* examples to be copied in user code.
+"""
+
+token_parsing=r"""
+Tests for TokenParser behavior in the face of quoted strings with spaces.
+
+>>> from django.template import TokenParser
+
+
+Test case 1: {% tag thevar|filter sometag %}
+
+>>> p = TokenParser("tag thevar|filter sometag")
+>>> p.tagname
+'tag'
+>>> p.value()
+'thevar|filter'
+>>> p.more()
+True
+>>> p.tag()
+'sometag'
+>>> p.more()
+False
+
+Test case 2: {% tag "a value"|filter sometag %}
+
+>>> p = TokenParser('tag "a value"|filter sometag')
+>>> p.tagname
+'tag'
+>>> p.value()
+'"a value"|filter'
+>>> p.more()
+True
+>>> p.tag()
+'sometag'
+>>> p.more()
+False
+
+Test case 3: {% tag 'a value'|filter sometag %}
+
+>>> p = TokenParser("tag 'a value'|filter sometag")
+>>> p.tagname
+'tag'
+>>> p.value()
+"'a value'|filter"
+>>> p.more()
+True
+>>> p.tag()
+'sometag'
+>>> p.more()
+False
 """
 
 filter_parsing = r"""
diff -r 56d1a7a5bb3e tests/regressiontests/templates/tests.py
--- a/tests/regressiontests/templates/tests.py	Tue Mar 31 04:54:48 2009 -0300
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/templates/tests.py	Tue Mar 31 07:23:08 2009 -0300
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 from context import context_tests
 from custom import custom_filters
-from parser import filter_parsing, variable_parsing
+from parser import token_parsing, filter_parsing, variable_parsing
 from unicode import unicode_tests
 
 try:
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 __test__ = {
     'unicode': unicode_tests,
     'context': context_tests,
+    'token_parsing': token_parsing,
     'filter_parsing': filter_parsing,
+    'variable_parsing': variable_parsing,
     'custom_filters': custom_filters,
 }
 
