diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/string.c b/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
index 8c993992223..f44e6ebf7e9 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/string.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ double CDECL MSVCRT_strtod_l( const char *str, char **end, MSVCRT__locale_t loca
     int exp=0, sign=1;
     const char *p;
     double ret;
+    BOOL found_digit = FALSE;
 
     if(!str) {
         MSVCRT__invalid_parameter(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ double CDECL MSVCRT_strtod_l( const char *str, char **end, MSVCRT__locale_t loca
         p++;
 
     while(isdigit(*p)) {
+        found_digit = TRUE;
         hlp = d*10+*(p++)-'0';
         if(d>MSVCRT_UI64_MAX/10 || hlp<d) {
             exp++;
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ double CDECL MSVCRT_strtod_l( const char *str, char **end, MSVCRT__locale_t loca
         p++;
 
     while(isdigit(*p)) {
+        found_digit = TRUE;
         hlp = d*10+*(p++)-'0';
         if(d>MSVCRT_UI64_MAX/10 || hlp<d)
             break;
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ double CDECL MSVCRT_strtod_l( const char *str, char **end, MSVCRT__locale_t loca
     while(isdigit(*p))
         p++;
 
-    if(p == str) {
+    if(!found_digit) {
         if(end)
             *end = (char*)str;
         return 0.0;
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/tests/string.c b/dlls/msvcrt/tests/string.c
index 55cb5e4f958..e2324b02863 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/tests/string.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/tests/string.c
@@ -1096,6 +1096,7 @@ static void test__strtod(void)
     const char double4[] = ".21e12";
     const char double5[] = "214353e-3";
     const char overflow[] = "1d9999999999999999999";
+    const char white_chars[] = "  d10";
 
     char *end;
     double d;
@@ -1123,6 +1124,10 @@ static void test__strtod(void)
     d = strtod("12.1d2", NULL);
     ok(almost_equal(d, 12.1e2), "d = %lf\n", d);
 
+    d = strtod(white_chars, &end);
+    ok(almost_equal(d, 0), "d = %lf\n", d);
+    ok(end == white_chars, "incorrect end (%d)\n", (int)(end-white_chars));
+
     /* Set locale with non '.' decimal point (',') */
     if(!setlocale(LC_ALL, "Polish")) {
         win_skip("system with limited locales\n");
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/wcs.c b/dlls/msvcrt/wcs.c
index 03ecc7fdcbe..529547bf9ab 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/wcs.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/wcs.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ double CDECL MSVCRT__wcstod_l(const MSVCRT_wchar_t* str, MSVCRT_wchar_t** end,
     int exp=0, sign=1;
     const MSVCRT_wchar_t *p;
     double ret;
+    BOOL found_digit = FALSE;
 
     if(!str) {
         MSVCRT__invalid_parameter(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ double CDECL MSVCRT__wcstod_l(const MSVCRT_wchar_t* str, MSVCRT_wchar_t** end,
         p++;
 
     while(isdigitW(*p)) {
+        found_digit = TRUE;
         hlp = d*10+*(p++)-'0';
         if(d>MSVCRT_UI64_MAX/10 || hlp<d) {
             exp++;
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ double CDECL MSVCRT__wcstod_l(const MSVCRT_wchar_t* str, MSVCRT_wchar_t** end,
         p++;
 
     while(isdigitW(*p)) {
+        found_digit = TRUE;
         hlp = d*10+*(p++)-'0';
         if(d>MSVCRT_UI64_MAX/10 || hlp<d)
             break;
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ double CDECL MSVCRT__wcstod_l(const MSVCRT_wchar_t* str, MSVCRT_wchar_t** end,
     while(isdigitW(*p))
         p++;
 
-    if(p == str) {
+    if(!found_digit) {
         if(end)
             *end = (MSVCRT_wchar_t*)str;
         return 0.0;