diff --git a/parsel/selector.py b/parsel/selector.py
index b84b0308..3df09333 100644
--- a/parsel/selector.py
+++ b/parsel/selector.py
@@ -200,12 +200,15 @@ def re_first(
             return el
         return default
 
-    def getall(self) -> List[str]:
+    def getall(self, strip: bool = False) -> List[str]:
         """
         Call the ``.get()`` method for each element is this list and return
         their results flattened, as a list of strings.
         """
-        return [x.get() for x in self]
+        data = [x.get() for x in self]
+        if strip:
+            return [x.strip() if x else x for x in data]
+        return data
 
     extract = getall
 
@@ -217,13 +220,20 @@ def get(self, default: None = None) -> Optional[str]:
     def get(self, default: str) -> str:
         pass
 
-    def get(self, default: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
+    @typing.overload
+    def get(self, strip: bool) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    def get(
+        self, default: Optional[str] = None, strip: Optional[bool] = False
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
         """
         Return the result of ``.get()`` for the first element in this list.
         If the list is empty, return the default value.
         """
         for x in self:
-            return x.get()
+            value = x.get()
+            return value.strip() if strip and value else value
         return default
 
     extract_first = get
diff --git a/tests/test_selector.py b/tests/test_selector.py
index d0bb2816..2afb1882 100644
--- a/tests/test_selector.py
+++ b/tests/test_selector.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def test_simple_selection(self) -> None:
     def test_simple_selection_with_variables(self) -> None:
         """Using XPath variables"""
         body = "<p><input name='a' value='1'/><input name='b' value='2'/></p>"
-        sel = self.sscls(text=body)
+        sel = self.sscls(text=body)  # Selector doesnt have default field
 
         self.assertEqual(
             [
@@ -323,6 +323,53 @@ def test_selectorlist_get_alias(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(sel.xpath("//ul/li").get(), '<li id="1">1</li>')
         self.assertEqual(sel.xpath("//ul/li/text()").get(), "1")
 
+    def test_selector_get_strip(self) -> None:
+        body = '<ul><li id="1">1</li><li id="2"> 2 </li><li id="3">3</li></ul>'
+        sel = self.sscls(text=body)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sel.xpath("//ul/li[position()>1]").get(), '<li id="2"> 2 </li>'
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sel.xpath("//ul/li[position()>1]").get(strip=True),
+            '<li id="2"> 2 </li>',
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sel.xpath("//ul/li[position()>1]/text()").get(), " 2 "
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sel.xpath("//ul/li[position()>1]/text()").get(strip=True), "2"
+        )
+
+    def test_selector_getall_strip(self) -> None:
+        body = (
+            '<ul><li id="1">1</li><li id="2"> 2 </li><li id="3">   3</li></ul>'
+        )
+        sel = self.sscls(text=body)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sel.xpath("//ul/li").getall(),
+            [
+                '<li id="1">1</li>',
+                '<li id="2"> 2 </li>',
+                '<li id="3">   3</li>',
+            ],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sel.xpath("//ul/li").getall(strip=True),
+            [
+                '<li id="1">1</li>',
+                '<li id="2"> 2 </li>',
+                '<li id="3">   3</li>',
+            ],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sel.xpath("//ul/li/text()").getall(), ["1", " 2 ", "   3"]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sel.xpath("//ul/li/text()").getall(strip=True), ["1", "2", "3"]
+        )
+
     def test_re_first(self) -> None:
         """Test if re_first() returns first matched element"""
         body = '<ul><li id="1">1</li><li id="2">2</li></ul>'