diff --git a/godotenv.go b/godotenv.go
index e6a0ee8..beaa146 100644
--- a/godotenv.go
+++ b/godotenv.go
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ func parseLine(line string, envMap map[string]string) (key string, value string,
 	}
 	key = strings.TrimSpace(key)
 
+  re := regexp.MustCompile(`^\s*(?:export\s+)?(.*?)\s*$`)
+	key = re.ReplaceAllString(splitString[0], "$1")
+
 	// Parse the value
 	value = parseValue(splitString[1], envMap)
 	return
diff --git a/godotenv_test.go b/godotenv_test.go
index 3ef0449..d1f73cb 100644
--- a/godotenv_test.go
+++ b/godotenv_test.go
@@ -313,6 +313,13 @@ func TestParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	// parses export keyword
 	parseAndCompare(t, "export OPTION_A=2", "OPTION_A", "2")
 	parseAndCompare(t, `export OPTION_B='\n'`, "OPTION_B", "\\n")
+	parseAndCompare(t, "export exportFoo=2", "exportFoo", "2")
+	parseAndCompare(t, "exportFOO=2", "exportFOO", "2")
+	parseAndCompare(t, "export_FOO =2", "export_FOO", "2")
+	parseAndCompare(t, "export.FOO= 2", "export.FOO", "2")
+	parseAndCompare(t, "export\tOPTION_A=2", "OPTION_A", "2")
+	parseAndCompare(t, "  export OPTION_A=2", "OPTION_A", "2")
+	parseAndCompare(t, "\texport OPTION_A=2", "OPTION_A", "2")
 
 	// it 'expands newlines in quoted strings' do
 	// expect(env('FOO="bar\nbaz"')).to eql('FOO' => "bar\nbaz")