diff --git a/admin_run.go b/admin_run.go
index 36e756037..b0467aa67 100644
--- a/admin_run.go
+++ b/admin_run.go
@@ -134,11 +134,30 @@ func (o *AdminRunsListOptions) valid() error {
 func validateAdminRunFilterParams(runStatus string) error {
 	// For the platform, an invalid filter value is a semantically understood query that returns an empty set, no error, no warning. But for go-tfe, an invalid value is good enough reason to error prior to a network call to the platform:
 	if validString(&runStatus) {
-		runStatuses := strings.Split(runStatus, ",")
+		sanitizedRunstatus := strings.TrimSpace(runStatus)
+		runStatuses := strings.Split(sanitizedRunstatus, ",")
 		// iterate over our statuses, and ensure it is valid.
 		for _, status := range runStatuses {
 			switch status {
-			case string(RunApplied), string(RunApplyQueued), string(RunApplying), string(RunCanceled), string(RunConfirmed), string(RunCostEstimate), string(RunCostEstimating), string(RunDiscarded), string(RunErrored), string(RunPending), string(RunPlanQueued), string(RunPlanned), string(RunPlannedAndFinished), string(RunPlanning), string(RunPolicyChecked), string(RunPolicyChecking), string(RunPolicyOverride), string(RunPolicySoftFailed):
+			case string(RunApplied),
+				string(RunApplyQueued),
+				string(RunApplying),
+				string(RunCanceled),
+				string(RunConfirmed),
+				string(RunCostEstimate),
+				string(RunCostEstimating),
+				string(RunDiscarded),
+				string(RunErrored),
+				string(RunPending),
+				string(RunPlanQueued),
+				string(RunPlanned),
+				string(RunPlannedAndFinished),
+				string(RunPlanning),
+				string(RunPolicyChecked),
+				string(RunPolicyChecking),
+				string(RunPolicyOverride),
+				string(RunPolicySoftFailed),
+				"":
 				// do nothing
 			default:
 				return fmt.Errorf(`invalid value "%s" for run status`, status)
diff --git a/admin_run_integration_test.go b/admin_run_integration_test.go
index 20d092aca..5bd2b884a 100644
--- a/admin_run_integration_test.go
+++ b/admin_run_integration_test.go
@@ -252,6 +252,15 @@ func TestAdminRuns_AdminRunsListOptions_valid(t *testing.T) {
 		err := opts.valid()
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("has trailing comma and trailing space", func(t *testing.T) {
+		opts := AdminRunsListOptions{
+			RunStatus: "pending, ",
+		}
+
+		err := opts.valid()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestAdminRun_ForceCancel_Marshal(t *testing.T) {