diff --git a/mesonbuild/mformat.py b/mesonbuild/mformat.py
index 49ece4f034a4..a2b2df835343 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mformat.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mformat.py
@@ -458,10 +458,9 @@ def visit_IfClauseNode(self, node: mparser.IfClauseNode) -> None:
         super().visit_IfClauseNode(node)
         self.move_whitespaces(node.endif, node)
 
+        node.ifs[-1].whitespaces.value += node.condition_level * self.config.indent_by
         if isinstance(node.elseblock, mparser.ElseNode):
             node.elseblock.whitespaces.value += node.condition_level * self.config.indent_by
-        else:
-            node.ifs[-1].whitespaces.value += node.condition_level * self.config.indent_by
 
     def visit_IfNode(self, node: mparser.IfNode) -> None:
         super().visit_IfNode(node)
diff --git a/test cases/format/1 default/indentation.meson b/test cases/format/1 default/indentation.meson
index 31a809abff51..43b831b72075 100644
--- a/test cases/format/1 default/indentation.meson	
+++ b/test cases/format/1 default/indentation.meson	
@@ -69,5 +69,7 @@ if meson.project_version().version_compare('>1.2')
                 ],
             }
         endforeach
+    else  # ensure else is correctly indented (issue #13316)
+        k = 'k'
     endif
 endif