diff --git a/moto/s3/responses.py b/moto/s3/responses.py
index c77e6f906..4b9e4d348 100644
--- a/moto/s3/responses.py
+++ b/moto/s3/responses.py
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ class ResponseObject(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin, ActionAuthenticatorMixin):
 
     def _bucket_response_delete_keys(self, request, body, bucket_name):
         template = self.response_template(S3_DELETE_KEYS_RESPONSE)
-        body_dict = xmltodict.parse(body)
+        body_dict = xmltodict.parse(body, strip_whitespace=False)
 
         objects = body_dict["Delete"].get("Object", [])
         if not isinstance(objects, list):
diff --git a/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py b/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
index df16f7db6..d275bfe6b 100644
--- a/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
@@ -6587,3 +6587,22 @@ def test_create_bucket_duplicate():
         "Your previous request to create the named bucket succeeded and you already own it."
     )
     err["BucketName"].should.equal(bucket_name)
+
+
+@mock_s3
+def test_delete_objects_with_empty_keyname():
+    client = boto3.client("s3", region_name=DEFAULT_REGION_NAME)
+    resource = boto3.resource("s3", region_name=DEFAULT_REGION_NAME)
+    bucket_name = "testbucket-4077"
+    bucket = resource.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket_name)
+    key_name = " "
+    bucket.put_object(Key=key_name, Body=b"")
+    client.list_objects(Bucket=bucket_name).should.have.key("Contents").length_of(1)
+
+    bucket.delete_objects(Delete={"Objects": [{"Key": key_name}]})
+    client.list_objects(Bucket=bucket_name).shouldnt.have.key("Contents")
+
+    bucket.put_object(Key=key_name, Body=b"")
+
+    client.delete_object(Bucket=bucket_name, Key=key_name)
+    client.list_objects(Bucket=bucket_name).shouldnt.have.key("Contents")