diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index 5a0041a27..983e2c4f8 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ function lineShouldEndWithSemicolon(path) {
     "property",
     "string",
     "boolean",
-    "number"
+    "number",
+    "nowdoc"
   ];
   if (node.kind === "traituse") {
     return !node.adaptations;
diff --git a/tests/nowdoc/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/nowdoc/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c0162165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nowdoc/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`nowdoc.php 1`] = `
+<?php
+
+$str = <<<'EOD'
+Example of string
+spanning multiple lines
+using nowdoc syntax.
+EOD;
+
+$str = <<<'EOT'
+My name is "$name". I am printing some $foo->foo.
+Now, I am printing some {$foo->bar[1]}.
+This should not print a capital 'A': \\x41
+EOT;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+<?php
+$str = <<<'EOD'
+Example of string
+spanning multiple lines
+using nowdoc syntax.
+EOD;
+
+$str = <<<'EOT'
+My name is "$name". I am printing some $foo->foo.
+Now, I am printing some {$foo->bar[1]}.
+This should not print a capital 'A': \\x41
+EOT;
+
+`;
+
+exports[`single.php 1`] = `
+<?php
+<<<'EOD'
+Example of string
+spanning multiple lines
+using nowdoc syntax.
+EOD;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+<?php
+<<<'EOD'
+Example of string
+spanning multiple lines
+using nowdoc syntax.
+EOD;
+
+`;
diff --git a/tests/nowdoc/jsfmt.spec.js b/tests/nowdoc/jsfmt.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e395434ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nowdoc/jsfmt.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run_spec(__dirname, ["php"]);
diff --git a/tests/nowdoc/nowdoc.php b/tests/nowdoc/nowdoc.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ded520d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nowdoc/nowdoc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+$str = <<<'EOD'
+Example of string
+spanning multiple lines
+using nowdoc syntax.
+EOD;
+
+$str = <<<'EOT'
+My name is "$name". I am printing some $foo->foo.
+Now, I am printing some {$foo->bar[1]}.
+This should not print a capital 'A': \x41
+EOT;
diff --git a/tests/nowdoc/single.php b/tests/nowdoc/single.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39b50464c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nowdoc/single.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+<<<'EOD'
+Example of string
+spanning multiple lines
+using nowdoc syntax.
+EOD;