diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoinaddressvalidator.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoinaddressvalidator.cpp
index 373877808f7..d2b93e70f5b 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoinaddressvalidator.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoinaddressvalidator.cpp
@@ -21,21 +21,31 @@ BitcoinAddressValidator::BitcoinAddressValidator(QObject *parent) :
 QValidator::State BitcoinAddressValidator::validate(QString &input, int &pos) const
 {
     // Correction
-    for(int idx=0; idx<input.size(); ++idx)
+    for(int idx=0; idx<input.size();)
     {
-        switch(input.at(idx).unicode())
+        bool removeChar = false;
+        QChar ch = input.at(idx);
+        // Corrections made are very conservative on purpose, to avoid
+        // users unexpectedly getting away with typos that would normally
+        // be detected, and thus sending to the wrong address.
+        switch(ch.unicode())
         {
-        case 'l':
-        case 'I':
-            input[idx] = QChar('1');
-            break;
-        case '0':
-        case 'O':
-            input[idx] = QChar('o');
+        // Qt categorizes these as "Other_Format" not "Separator_Space"
+        case 0x200B: // ZERO WIDTH SPACE
+        case 0xFEFF: // ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE
+            removeChar = true;
             break;
         default:
             break;
         }
+        // Remove whitespace
+        if(ch.isSpace())
+            removeChar = true;
+        // To next character
+        if(removeChar)
+            input.remove(idx, 1);
+        else
+            ++idx;
     }
 
     // Validation