diff --git a/lib/common/options.js b/lib/common/options.js
index c2c71a0fc5..b08784aa34 100755
--- a/lib/common/options.js
+++ b/lib/common/options.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Options.defaults = {
     interval: 0,
     minify: {
       collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
-      collapseWhitespace: true,
+      collapseWhitespace: false,
       decodeEntities: true,
       minifyCSS: true,
       minifyJS: true,