diff --git a/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts b/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
index c67b0c9..bed5f8a 100644
--- a/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
+++ b/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class V2XmlFormatter implements XmlFormatter {
                 indentLevel--;
 
                 // if the end tag immediately follows a line break, just add an indentation
-                // if the end tag immediately follows another end tag, add a line break and indent
+                // if the end tag immediately follows another end tag or a self-closing tag (issue #185), add a line break and indent
                 // otherwise, this should be treated as a same-line end tag(ex. <element>text</element>)
                 if (pc === "\n") {
                     output += `${this._getIndent(options, indentLevel)}<`;
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ export class V2XmlFormatter implements XmlFormatter {
                     output += `${options.newLine}${this._getIndent(options, indentLevel)}<`;
                 }
 
+                else if (pc === ">" && ppc === "/") {
+                    output += `${this._getIndent(options, indentLevel)}<`;
+                }
+
                 else {
                     output += "<";
                 }