diff --git a/cli/tasks/usemin.js b/cli/tasks/usemin.js
index d3451c37..9a70e0d1 100644
--- a/cli/tasks/usemin.js
+++ b/cli/tasks/usemin.js
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   grunt.registerHelper('usemin:css', function(content, block, target) {
     var indent = (block.split(linefeed)[0].match(/^\s*/) || [])[0];
-    return content.replace(block, indent + '<link rel="stylesheet" href="' + target + '"\/?>');
+    return content.replace(block, indent + '<link rel="stylesheet" href="' + target + '"\/>');
   });
 
   grunt.registerHelper('usemin:js', function(content, block, target) {
diff --git a/cli/test/test-usemin.js b/cli/test/test-usemin.js
index 12fc08f8..29028e7a 100644
--- a/cli/test/test-usemin.js
+++ b/cli/test/test-usemin.js
@@ -37,5 +37,15 @@ describe('usemin', function() {
       assert.ok( changed.match(/img[^\>]+src=['"]images\/misc\/2a436\.test\.png["']/) );
     });
   });
+  describe('usemin:css', function() {
+    it("should replace a block with link on furnished target", function() {
+      grunt.log.muted = true;
+      var block = "   foo\nbar\nbaz";
+      var content = "before block\n" + block + "\nafter block";
+      var awaited = "before block\n   <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"foo\"/>\nafter block";
+      var changed = grunt.helper('usemin:css', content, block, 'foo');
+      assert.ok( changed == awaited );
+    });
+  });
 });