diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 885bf9a3a..e655da48b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7871,6 +7871,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.10.1",
  "reqwest 0.13.3",
  "rmp-serde",
+ "rsa 0.10.0-rc.18",
  "rust-embed",
  "rustfs-appauth",
  "rustfs-audit",
diff --git a/rustfs/Cargo.toml b/rustfs/Cargo.toml
index a34d7fe15..e5bb5c650 100644
--- a/rustfs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rustfs/Cargo.toml
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["test-util"] }
 temp-env = { workspace = true, features = ["async_closure"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 opentelemetry_sdk = { workspace = true }
+rsa = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 http.workspace = true
diff --git a/rustfs/src/license.rs b/rustfs/src/license.rs
index bfd2d9d5b..2ae596e17 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/license.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/license.rs
@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ pub fn license_check() -> Result<()> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use rsa::{
+        RsaPrivateKey, RsaPublicKey,
+        pkcs8::{EncodePrivateKey, EncodePublicKey, LineEnding},
+    };
+    use rustfs_appauth::token::sign_license_token;
     use serial_test::serial;
 
     #[test]
@@ -354,6 +359,32 @@ mod tests {
         });
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[serial]
+    fn appauth_verifier_accepts_signed_license_with_trimmed_public_key() {
+        let mut rng = rand::rng();
+        let private_key = RsaPrivateKey::new(&mut rng, 2048).expect("private key should be generated");
+        let public_key = RsaPublicKey::from(&private_key);
+        let private_key_pem = private_key.to_pkcs8_pem(LineEnding::LF).expect("private key should encode");
+        let public_key_pem = public_key
+            .to_public_key_pem(LineEnding::LF)
+            .expect("public key should encode");
+        let expected = Token {
+            name: "test_app".to_string(),
+            expired: 100,
+        };
+        let signed_license = sign_license_token(&expected, &private_key_pem).expect("license should sign");
+        let public_key_env = format!(" \n{public_key_pem}\t ");
+
+        let actual = temp_env::with_var(rustfs_config::ENV_RUSTFS_LICENSE_PUBLIC_KEY, Some(public_key_env), || {
+            AppAuthLicenseVerifier.validate(&signed_license, 0)
+        })
+        .expect("signed license should validate with env public key");
+
+        assert_eq!(expected.name, actual.name);
+        assert_eq!(expected.expired, actual.expired);
+    }
+
     fn assert_license_public_key_error(result: LicenseResult<Token>) {
         let err = result.expect_err("license verification should fail without a public key");
         let LicenseError::Invalid(message) = err else {