diff --git a/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js b/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
index f9d9bb9539e..33e875377a4 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
      * @private
      */
     _createTextCharSpan: function(_char, styleDecl, left, top) {
-      var styleProps = this.getSvgSpanStyles(styleDecl, false),
+      var styleProps = this.getSvgSpanStyles(styleDecl, _char !== _char.trim()),
           fillStyles = styleProps ? 'style="' + styleProps + '"' : '';
 
       return [
@@ -212,8 +212,12 @@
       };
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Returns styles-string for svg-export
+     * @param {Boolean} skipShadow a boolean to skip shadow filter output
+     * @return {String}
+     */
     getSvgStyles: function(skipShadow) {
-
       var svgStyle = fabric.Object.prototype.getSvgStyles.call(this, skipShadow);
       return svgStyle + ' white-space: pre;';
     },
diff --git a/src/mixins/object.svg_export.js b/src/mixins/object.svg_export.js
index 5ac001d4010..429277ac698 100644
--- a/src/mixins/object.svg_export.js
+++ b/src/mixins/object.svg_export.js
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@
 
     /**
      * Returns styles-string for svg-export
-     * @param {Boolean} skipShadow a boolean to skip shadow filter output
+     * @param {Object} style style properties for the span a boolean to skip shadow filter output
+     * @param {Boolean} useWhiteSpace a boolean to include an additional attribute in the style.
      * @return {String}
      */
-    getSvgSpanStyles: function(style) {
+    getSvgSpanStyles: function(style, useWhiteSpace) {
       var strokeWidth = style.strokeWidth ? 'stroke-width: ' + style.strokeWidth + '; ' : '',
           fontFamily = style.fontFamily ? 'font-family: ' + style.fontFamily.replace(/"/g, '\'') + '; ' : '',
           fontSize = style.fontSize ? 'font-size: ' + style.fontSize + '; ' : '',
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
         fontWeight,
         textDecoration,
         fill,
+        useWhiteSpace ? 'white-space: pre; ' : ''
       ].join('');
     },
 
diff --git a/test/unit/text.js b/test/unit/text.js
index 3d2003385fc..38dd34d865b 100644
--- a/test/unit/text.js
+++ b/test/unit/text.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   };
 
   var TEXT_SVG = '\t<g transform="translate(10.5 26.72)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" >\n\t\t\t<tspan x="-10" y="12.57" >x</tspan>\n\t\t</text>\n\t</g>\n';
-  var TEXT_SVG_JUSTIFIED = '\t<g transform="translate(50.5 26.72)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" >\n\t\t\t<tspan x=\"-60\" y=\"-13.65\" >xxxxxx</tspan>\n\t\t\t<tspan x=\"-60\" y=\"38.78\" >x </tspan>\n\t\t\t<tspan x=\"40\" y=\"38.78\" >y</tspan>\n\t\t</text>\n\t</g>\n';
+  var TEXT_SVG_JUSTIFIED = '\t<g transform="translate(50.5 26.72)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" >\n\t\t\t<tspan x="-60" y="-13.65" >xxxxxx</tspan>\n\t\t\t<tspan x="-60" y="38.78" style="white-space: pre; ">x </tspan>\n\t\t\t<tspan x=\"40\" y=\"38.78\" >y</tspan>\n\t\t</text>\n\t</g>\n';
 
   test('constructor', function() {
     ok(fabric.Text);