diff --git a/src/test/extension.test.ts b/src/test/extension.test.ts
index 675aa6b..07b57db 100644
--- a/src/test/extension.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/extension.test.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ describe("V2XmlFormatter", () => {
         it("should not remove spaces between the node name and the first attribute within CDATA", () => {
             testFormatter(xmlFormatter, options, "issue-227");
         });
+
+        it("should optionally add line break after self-closing tag", () => {
+            testFormatter(xmlFormatter, options, "issue-235");
+        });
     });
 
 });
diff --git a/src/test/test-data/issue-235.formatted.xml b/src/test/test-data/issue-235.formatted.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0a4cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test-data/issue-235.formatted.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+abc<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/test-data/issue-235.unformatted.xml b/src/test/test-data/issue-235.unformatted.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0628fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test-data/issue-235.unformatted.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<br/><br/><br/>abc<br/><br/><br/><br/>
\ No newline at end of file