diff --git a/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/main/java/io/typefox/yang/formatting2/YangFormatter.xtend b/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/main/java/io/typefox/yang/formatting2/YangFormatter.xtend
index cf29b5dc..4659eeac 100644
--- a/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/main/java/io/typefox/yang/formatting2/YangFormatter.xtend
+++ b/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/main/java/io/typefox/yang/formatting2/YangFormatter.xtend
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ import org.eclipse.xtext.preferences.MapBasedPreferenceValues
 import static io.typefox.yang.formatting2.MultilineStringReplacer.Line.PartType.*
 
 import static extension com.google.common.base.Strings.*
+import io.typefox.yang.yang.XpathNameTest
 
 class YangFormatter extends AbstractFormatter2 {
     
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ class YangFormatter extends AbstractFormatter2 {
         nodeRegions.head.prepend[oneSpace]
         nodeRegions
         	.tail
-        	.filter[grammarElement == HIDDENRule && semanticElement instanceof XpathLocation]
+        	.filter[grammarElement == HIDDENRule && (semanticElement instanceof XpathLocation || semanticElement instanceof XpathNameTest)]
         	.forEach[prepend[noSpace]]
         val nextSemanticRegion = nodeRegions.last.nextSemanticRegion
         if (HIDDENRule == nextSemanticRegion.grammarElement) {
diff --git a/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/test/java/io/typefox/yang/tests/serializer/ModuleSerializeTest.xtend b/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/test/java/io/typefox/yang/tests/serializer/ModuleSerializeTest.xtend
index 55bb20dc..fd1cb965 100644
--- a/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/test/java/io/typefox/yang/tests/serializer/ModuleSerializeTest.xtend
+++ b/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/test/java/io/typefox/yang/tests/serializer/ModuleSerializeTest.xtend
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ class ModuleSerializeTest {
 				        		path "/ytest:c1" + "/ytest:l1";
 				        	}
 				        }
+				        leaf lfb3 { 
+				        	type leafref { 
+				        		path "/ytest:c1/" + "ytest:l1";
+				        	}
+				        }
+				        leaf lfb4 { 
+				        	type leafref { 
+				        		path "/ytest:" + "c1/ytest" + ":l1";
+				        	}
+				        }
 				    }
 				}
 			}
@@ -105,6 +115,16 @@ class ModuleSerializeTest {
 				        		path "/ytest:c1" + "/ytest:l1";
 				        	}
 				        }
+				        leaf lfb3 { 
+				        	type leafref { 
+				        		path "/ytest:c1/" + "ytest:l1";
+				        	}
+				        }
+				        leaf lfb4 { 
+				        	type leafref { 
+				        		path "/ytest:" + "c1/ytest" + ":l1";
+				        	}
+				        }
 				    }
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/test/resources/xpath-serialize.yang b/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/test/resources/xpath-serialize.yang
index 8a2d1222..4e79e3c6 100644
--- a/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/test/resources/xpath-serialize.yang
+++ b/yang-lsp/io.typefox.yang/src/test/resources/xpath-serialize.yang
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ module xpath-serialize {
 	        		path "/ytest:c1" + "/ytest:l1";
 	        	}
 	        }
+	        leaf lfb3 { 
+	        	type leafref { 
+	        		path "/ytest:c1/" + "ytest:l1";
+	        	}
+	        }
+	        leaf lfb4 { 
+	        	type leafref { 
+	        		path "/ytest:" + "c1/ytest" + ":l1";
+	        	}
+	        }
 	    }
 	}
 }
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