diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index a2c1f2438792..ca0de8fbb237 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,19 @@ pub fn rewrite_macro_inner(
             }
             DelimToken::Paren => Some(format!("{}()", macro_name)),
             DelimToken::Bracket => Some(format!("{}[]", macro_name)),
-            DelimToken::Brace => Some(format!("{}{{}}", macro_name)),
+            DelimToken::Brace => {
+                // Preserve at most one space before the braces.
+                let char_after_bang = context
+                    .snippet(mac.span)
+                    .split('!')
+                    .nth(1)
+                    .and_then(|x| x.chars().next());
+                if let Some(' ') = char_after_bang {
+                    Some(format!("{} {{}}", macro_name))
+                } else {
+                    Some(format!("{}{{}}", macro_name))
+                }
+            }
             _ => unreachable!(),
         };
     }
diff --git a/tests/source/macros.rs b/tests/source/macros.rs
index c828ffb881a7..383fc723b5b6 100644
--- a/tests/source/macros.rs
+++ b/tests/source/macros.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ fn main() {
 
 impl X {
     empty_invoc!{}
+
+    // Don't format empty either!
+    empty_invoc! {}
 }
 
 fn issue_1279() {
diff --git a/tests/target/macros.rs b/tests/target/macros.rs
index e16159ced101..70ed0b042fe1 100644
--- a/tests/target/macros.rs
+++ b/tests/target/macros.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ fn main() {
 
 impl X {
     empty_invoc!{}
+
+    // Don't format empty either!
+    empty_invoc! {}
 }
 
 fn issue_1279() {