diff --git a/js/src/css/beautifier.js b/js/src/css/beautifier.js
index 997eeb78e..37c3c2c67 100644
--- a/js/src/css/beautifier.js
+++ b/js/src/css/beautifier.js
@@ -443,7 +443,12 @@ Beautifier.prototype.beautify = function() {
           }
         }
       } else {
-        this.preserveSingleSpace(isAfterSpace);
+        var space_needed = false;
+        if (this._input.lookBack("with")) {
+          // look back is not an accurate solution, we need tokens to confirm without whitespaces
+          space_needed = true;
+        }
+        this.preserveSingleSpace(isAfterSpace || space_needed);
         this.print_string(this._ch);
 
         // handle scss/sass map
diff --git a/python/cssbeautifier/css/beautifier.py b/python/cssbeautifier/css/beautifier.py
index f5e1d03a0..011c00a72 100644
--- a/python/cssbeautifier/css/beautifier.py
+++ b/python/cssbeautifier/css/beautifier.py
@@ -462,7 +462,11 @@ def beautify(self):
                             parenLevel -= 1
                             self.outdent()
                 else:
-                    self.preserveSingleSpace(isAfterSpace)
+                    space_needed = False
+                    if self._input.lookBack("with"):
+                        # look back is not an accurate solution, we need tokens to confirm without whitespaces
+                        space_needed = True
+                    self.preserveSingleSpace(isAfterSpace or space_needed)
                     self.print_string(self._ch)
 
                     # handle scss/sass map
diff --git a/test/data/css/tests.js b/test/data/css/tests.js
index e04190872..38190b052 100644
--- a/test/data/css/tests.js
+++ b/test/data/css/tests.js
@@ -1504,10 +1504,19 @@ exports.test_data = {
         ]
       }]
     }, {
-      name: "Issue #1798 - space after strings in preserved",
+      name: "Regression tests - with default options",
       description: "",
       tests: [{
+        comment: "Issue #1798 - space after strings in preserved",
         unchanged: '@use "variables" as *;'
+      }, {
+        comment: "Issue #1976 - support the new @forwards syntax",
+        input: [
+          '@forwards "a" with (',
+          '   $a: 2',
+          ');'
+        ],
+        output: '@forwards "a" with ($a: 2);'
       }]
     }, {
       name: "Issue #1817",