diff --git a/grammar.js b/grammar.js
index 450eb92..205a8bd 100644
--- a/grammar.js
+++ b/grammar.js
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ module.exports = grammar({
     recipe_line_prefix: (_) => choice("@-", "-@", "@", "-"),
 
     // Any shebang. Needs a named field to apply injection queries correctly.
-    shebang: ($) => seq("#!", choice($._shebang_with_lang, $._opaque_shebang)),
+    shebang: ($) =>
+      seq(/#![ \t]*/, choice($._shebang_with_lang, $._opaque_shebang)),
 
     // Shebang with a nested `language` token that we can extract
     _shebang_with_lang: ($) =>
diff --git a/src/grammar.json b/src/grammar.json
index c2a9ffb..ec018d1 100644
--- a/src/grammar.json
+++ b/src/grammar.json
@@ -1283,8 +1283,8 @@
       "type": "SEQ",
       "members": [
         {
-          "type": "STRING",
-          "value": "#!"
+          "type": "PATTERN",
+          "value": "#![ \\t]*"
         },
         {
           "type": "CHOICE",
diff --git a/src/node-types.json b/src/node-types.json
index 91037a6..d1d0d8c 100644
--- a/src/node-types.json
+++ b/src/node-types.json
@@ -815,10 +815,6 @@
     "type": "\"\"\"",
     "named": false
   },
-  {
-    "type": "#!",
-    "named": false
-  },
   {
     "type": "$",
     "named": false
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 37be837..8e43a21 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ enum ts_symbol_identifiers {
   anon_sym_AT_DASH = 32,
   anon_sym_DASH_AT = 33,
   anon_sym_DASH = 34,
-  anon_sym_POUND_BANG = 35,
+  aux_sym_shebang_token1 = 35,
   aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token1 = 36,
   anon_sym_env = 37,
   aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token2 = 38,
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static const char *const ts_symbol_names[] = {
     [anon_sym_AT_DASH] = "@-",
     [anon_sym_DASH_AT] = "-@",
     [anon_sym_DASH] = "-",
-    [anon_sym_POUND_BANG] = "#!",
+    [aux_sym_shebang_token1] = "shebang_token1",
     [aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token1] = "_shebang_with_lang_token1",
     [anon_sym_env] = "env",
     [aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token2] = "_shebang_with_lang_token2",
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static const TSSymbol ts_symbol_map[] = {
     [anon_sym_AT_DASH] = anon_sym_AT_DASH,
     [anon_sym_DASH_AT] = anon_sym_DASH_AT,
     [anon_sym_DASH] = anon_sym_DASH,
-    [anon_sym_POUND_BANG] = anon_sym_POUND_BANG,
+    [aux_sym_shebang_token1] = aux_sym_shebang_token1,
     [aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token1] = aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token1,
     [anon_sym_env] = anon_sym_env,
     [aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token2] = aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token2,
@@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ static const TSSymbolMetadata ts_symbol_metadata[] = {
             .visible = true,
             .named = false,
         },
-    [anon_sym_POUND_BANG] =
+    [aux_sym_shebang_token1] =
         {
-            .visible = true,
+            .visible = false,
             .named = false,
         },
     [aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token1] =
@@ -1753,7 +1753,9 @@ static bool ts_lex(TSLexer *lexer, TSStateId state) {
       ADVANCE(62);
     END_STATE();
   case 64:
-    ACCEPT_TOKEN(anon_sym_POUND_BANG);
+    ACCEPT_TOKEN(aux_sym_shebang_token1);
+    if (lookahead == '\t' || lookahead == ' ')
+      ADVANCE(64);
     END_STATE();
   case 65:
     ACCEPT_TOKEN(aux_sym__shebang_with_lang_token1);
@@ -2661,7 +2663,7 @@ static const uint16_t ts_parse_table[LARGE_STATE_COUNT][SYMBOL_COUNT] = {
             [anon_sym_AT_DASH] = ACTIONS(1),
             [anon_sym_DASH_AT] = ACTIONS(1),
             [anon_sym_DASH] = ACTIONS(1),
-            [anon_sym_POUND_BANG] = ACTIONS(1),
+            [aux_sym_shebang_token1] = ACTIONS(1),
             [anon_sym_env] = ACTIONS(1),
             [aux_sym_string_token1] = ACTIONS(1),
             [anon_sym_SQUOTE_SQUOTE_SQUOTE] = ACTIONS(1),
@@ -2703,7 +2705,7 @@ static const uint16_t ts_parse_table[LARGE_STATE_COUNT][SYMBOL_COUNT] = {
             [anon_sym_set] = ACTIONS(17),
             [anon_sym_LBRACK] = ACTIONS(19),
             [anon_sym_AT] = ACTIONS(21),
-            [anon_sym_POUND_BANG] = ACTIONS(23),
+            [aux_sym_shebang_token1] = ACTIONS(23),
             [sym_comment] = ACTIONS(3),
         },
 };
@@ -5908,7 +5910,7 @@ static const uint16_t ts_small_parse_table[] = {
     sym_comment,
     ACTIONS(23),
     1,
-    anon_sym_POUND_BANG,
+    aux_sym_shebang_token1,
     ACTIONS(277),
     1,
     anon_sym_LBRACE_LBRACE,
diff --git a/test/corpus/recipes.txt b/test/corpus/recipes.txt
index f54ae25..3ebb501 100644
--- a/test/corpus/recipes.txt
+++ b/test/corpus/recipes.txt
@@ -358,6 +358,37 @@ foo:
       (recipe_line
         (text)))))
 
+================================================================================
+shebang with spaces
+================================================================================
+
+foo:
+  #!  /bin/sh
+  if [ -f "foo" ]; then
+    echo "foo {{var}}"
+  fi
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(source_file
+  (recipe
+    (recipe_header
+      (identifier))
+    (recipe_body
+      (shebang
+        (language))
+      (recipe_line
+        (text))
+      (recipe_line
+        (text)
+        (interpolation
+          (expression
+            (value
+              (identifier))))
+        (text))
+      (recipe_line
+        (text)))))
+
 ================================================================================
 shebang with longer body
 ================================================================================
diff --git a/test/corpus/statements.txt b/test/corpus/statements.txt
index 4963b04..557be27 100644
--- a/test/corpus/statements.txt
+++ b/test/corpus/statements.txt
@@ -492,6 +492,27 @@ foo:
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+(source_file
+  (shebang
+    (language))
+  (recipe
+    (recipe_header
+      (identifier))
+    (recipe_body
+      (recipe_line
+        (text)))))
+
+================================================================================
+shebang with space
+================================================================================
+
+#! /usr/bin/env just
+
+foo:
+  body
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 (source_file
   (shebang
     (language))