diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a43c3d6..b491c20 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@
                     "default": "**/*.xml",
                     "description": "The pattern used to search for input XML files when executing XQuery scripts.",
                     "scope": "window"
+                },
+                "xmlTools.preserveSpacesBetweenAttributes": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "default": false,
+                    "description": "Preserves any spaces between attributes during formatting.",
+                    "scope": "resource"
                 }
             }
         },
diff --git a/src/common/configuration.ts b/src/common/configuration.ts
index b1461d0..2d6dffc 100644
--- a/src/common/configuration.ts
+++ b/src/common/configuration.ts
@@ -59,11 +59,15 @@ export class Configuration {
         return this._getForResource<boolean>("splitXmlnsOnFormat", resource);
     }
 
+    static preserveSpacesBetweenAttributes(resource: Uri): boolean {
+        return this._getForResource<boolean>("preserveSpacesBetweenAttributes", resource);
+    }
+
     private static _getForResource<T>(section: string, resource: Uri): T {
         return workspace.getConfiguration(ExtensionTopLevelSection, resource).get<T>(section);
     }
 
-    private static _getForWindow<T>(section: string): T  {
+    private static _getForWindow<T>(section: string): T {
         return workspace.getConfiguration(ExtensionTopLevelSection).get<T>(section);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/formatting/xml-formatting-options.ts b/src/formatting/xml-formatting-options.ts
index 7c5185a..bbfb0d9 100644
--- a/src/formatting/xml-formatting-options.ts
+++ b/src/formatting/xml-formatting-options.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { EndOfLine, FormattingOptions, TextDocument } from "vscode";
 
 import { Configuration } from "../common";
-import * as constants from "../constants";
 
 export interface XmlFormattingOptions {
     editorOptions: FormattingOptions;
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ export interface XmlFormattingOptions {
     splitAttributesOnFormat: boolean;
     splitXmlnsOnFormat: boolean;
     initialIndentLevel?: number;
+    preserveSpacesBetweenAttributes: boolean;
 }
 
 export class XmlFormattingOptionsFactory {
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export class XmlFormattingOptionsFactory {
             removeCommentsOnMinify: Configuration.removeCommentsOnMinify(document.uri),
             splitAttributesOnFormat: Configuration.splitAttributesOnFormat(document.uri),
             splitXmlnsOnFormat: Configuration.splitXmlnsOnFormat(document.uri),
-            initialIndentLevel: 0
+            initialIndentLevel: 0,
+            preserveSpacesBetweenAttributes: Configuration.preserveSpacesBetweenAttributes(document.uri)
         };
     }
 }