diff --git a/changes/bug26069 b/changes/bug26069
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..192e97d782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug26069
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (hidden service v3):
+    - When parsing the descriptor signature, look for the token plus an extra
+      white-space at the end. This is more correct but also will allow us to
+      support new fields that might start with "signature". Fixes bug 26069;
+      bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
diff --git a/src/or/hs_descriptor.c b/src/or/hs_descriptor.c
index fae527b2db..3ec02618bf 100644
--- a/src/or/hs_descriptor.c
+++ b/src/or/hs_descriptor.c
@@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ desc_sig_is_valid(const char *b64_sig,
   }
 
   /* Find the start of signature. */
-  sig_start = tor_memstr(encoded_desc, encoded_len, "\n" str_signature);
+  sig_start = tor_memstr(encoded_desc, encoded_len, "\n" str_signature " ");
   /* Getting here means the token parsing worked for the signature so if we
    * can't find the start of the signature, we have a code flow issue. */
   if (!sig_start) {