diff --git a/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts b/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
index 5f31514..647080f 100644
--- a/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
+++ b/src/formatting/formatters/v2-xml-formatter.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export class V2XmlFormatter implements XmlFormatter {
             const nc = xml.charAt(i + 1);
             const nnc = xml.charAt(i + 2);
             const pc = xml.charAt(i - 1);
+            const ppc = xml.charAt(i - 2);
 
             // entering CData
             if (location === Location.Text && cc === "<" && nc === "!" && nnc === "[") {
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ export class V2XmlFormatter implements XmlFormatter {
             // entering StartTag.StartTagName
             else if (location === Location.Text && cc === "<" && ["/", "!"].indexOf(nc) === -1) {
                 // if this occurs after another tag, prepend a line break
-                if (pc === ">") {
+                // but do not add one if the previous tag was self-closing (it already adds its own)
+                if (pc === ">" && ppc !== "/") {
                     output += `${options.newLine}${this._getIndent(options, indentLevel)}<`;
                 }