diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java
index 4265d48437..77ce5dd135 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java
@@ -177,6 +177,23 @@ public enum Feature {
          */
         ALLOW_SINGLE_QUOTES(false),
 
+        /**
+         * Feature that determines whether parser will allow use 
+         * of the RS control character ({@code 0x1E}) within ignorable
+         * whitespace portion of input content (similar to TAB which
+         * is an allowed control character).
+         *<p>
+         * Since JSON specification only allows a small set of control characters
+         * as whitespace by default,
+         * this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.
+         *<p>
+         * NOTE: while not technically deprecated, it is recommended to use
+         * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature#ALLOW_RS_CONTROL_CHAR} instead.
+         *
+         * @since 2.17
+         */
+        ALLOW_RS_CONTROL_CHAR(false),
+
         /**
          * Feature that determines whether parser will allow
          * JSON Strings to contain unquoted control characters
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/ParserMinimalBase.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/ParserMinimalBase.java
index e6d7b2f28d..73f8b371b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/ParserMinimalBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/ParserMinimalBase.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public abstract class ParserMinimalBase extends JsonParser
     protected final static int INT_LF = '\n';
     protected final static int INT_CR = '\r';
     protected final static int INT_SPACE = 0x0020;
+    protected final static int INT_RS = 0x001E;
 
     // Markup
     protected final static int INT_LBRACKET = '[';
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/JsonReadFeature.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/JsonReadFeature.java
index aa2a7d7073..d04a75010c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/JsonReadFeature.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/JsonReadFeature.java
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@
 public enum JsonReadFeature
     implements FormatFeature
 {
+    // // // Support for non-standard data format constructs: whitespaces
+
+    /**
+     * Feature that determines whether parser will allow use 
+     * of the RS control character ({@code 0x1E}) within ignorable
+     * whitespace portion of input content (similar to TAB which
+     * is an allowed control character).
+     *<p>
+     * Since JSON specification only allows a small set of control characters
+     * as whitespace by default,
+     * this is a non-standard feature, and as such disabled by default.
+     *
+     * @since 2.17
+     */
+    ALLOW_RS_CONTROL_CHAR(false, JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_RS_CONTROL_CHAR),
+
     // // // Support for non-standard data format constructs: comments
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
index 1876b9e1d4..017e191e76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
@@ -2505,7 +2505,8 @@ private final int _skipWSOrEnd() throws IOException
                 _currInputRowStart = _inputPtr;
             } else if (i == INT_CR) {
                 _skipCR();
-            } else if (i != INT_TAB) {
+            } else if (i != INT_TAB
+                    && ((_features & FEAT_MASK_ALLOW_RS_CTRL_CHAR) == 0 || i != INT_RS)) {
                 _throwInvalidSpace(i);
             }
         }
@@ -2525,7 +2526,7 @@ private final int _skipWSOrEnd() throws IOException
                     _currInputRowStart = _inputPtr;
                 } else if (i == INT_CR) {
                     _skipCR();
-                } else if (i != INT_TAB) {
+                } else if (i != INT_TAB && ((_features & FEAT_MASK_ALLOW_RS_CTRL_CHAR) != 0 && i != INT_RS)) {
                     _throwInvalidSpace(i);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/async/AsyncNonStdParsingTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/async/AsyncNonStdParsingTest.java
index 3f2a0557b6..b8bd8c22ca 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/async/AsyncNonStdParsingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/async/AsyncNonStdParsingTest.java
@@ -400,4 +400,5 @@ private AsyncReaderWrapper createParser(JsonFactory f, String doc,
     {
         return asyncForBytes(f, readSize, _jsonDoc(doc), offset);
     }
+
 }