diff --git a/src/NUnitTestAdapter/Internal/Extensions.cs b/src/NUnitTestAdapter/Internal/Extensions.cs
index 87e5a9f3..73e9f534 100644
--- a/src/NUnitTestAdapter/Internal/Extensions.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitTestAdapter/Internal/Extensions.cs
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ public static class TypeExtensions
 #endif
     public static class StringExtensions
     {
-        public static bool IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this string value)
-        {
-            return value == null || value.Trim().Length == 0;
-        }
+        public static bool IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this string value) => string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) || value.Trim().Length == 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NUnitTestAdapter/NUnitEventListener.cs b/src/NUnitTestAdapter/NUnitEventListener.cs
index ab57c652..180f4add 100644
--- a/src/NUnitTestAdapter/NUnitEventListener.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitTestAdapter/NUnitEventListener.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.ObjectModel.Adapter;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.ObjectModel.Logging;
 using NUnit.Engine;
+using NUnit.VisualStudio.TestAdapter;
 using NUnit.VisualStudio.TestAdapter.Dump;
 using NUnit.VisualStudio.TestAdapter.Internal;
 using NUnit.VisualStudio.TestAdapter.NUnitEngine;
@@ -159,14 +160,14 @@ public void TestFinished(INUnitTestEventTestCase resultNode)
             var result = testConverter.GetVsTestResults(resultNode, outputNodes ?? EmptyNodes);
             if (settings.ConsoleOut == 1)
             {
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(result.ConsoleOutput) && result.ConsoleOutput != NL)
+                if (!result.ConsoleOutput.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() && result.ConsoleOutput != NL)
                 {
                     string msg = result.ConsoleOutput;
                     if (settings.UseTestNameInConsoleOutput)
                         msg = $"{resultNode.Name}: {msg}";
                     recorder.SendMessage(TestMessageLevel.Informational, msg);
                 }
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(resultNode.ReasonMessage))
+                if (!resultNode.ReasonMessage.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
                 {
                     recorder.SendMessage(TestMessageLevel.Informational, $"{resultNode.Name}: {resultNode.ReasonMessage}");
                 }
diff --git a/src/NUnitTestAdapterTests/NUnitEventListenerTests.cs b/src/NUnitTestAdapterTests/NUnitEventListenerTests.cs
index 81f4e967..be70e2fb 100644
--- a/src/NUnitTestAdapterTests/NUnitEventListenerTests.cs
+++ b/src/NUnitTestAdapterTests/NUnitEventListenerTests.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,29 @@ public void TestFinished_CallsRecordEndCorrectly()
             Assert.That(testLog.Events[0].TestOutcome, Is.EqualTo(TestOutcome.Passed));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Issue516
+        /// </summary>
+        [TestCase(null)]
+        [TestCase("")]
+        [TestCase(" ")]
+        [TestCase("\t")]
+        [TestCase("\r")]
+        [TestCase("\n")]
+        [TestCase("\r\n")]
+        public void TestFinished_DoNotSendWhiteSpaceToMessages(string data)
+        {
+            var testcase = Substitute.For<INUnitTestEventTestCase>();
+            testcase.Name.Returns($"Test1({data})");
+            testcase.FullName.Returns($"Issue516.Tests.Test1({data})");
+            testcase.Output.Returns($"{data}");
+            settings.ConsoleOut.Returns(1);
+            listener.TestFinished(testcase);
+            Assert.That(testLog.Events.Count, Is.EqualTo(0));
+        }
+
+
+
         [Test]
         public void TestFinished_CallsRecordResultCorrectly()
         {