diff --git a/src/djlint/__init__.py b/src/djlint/__init__.py
index 65a6050..2c2df8f 100644
--- a/src/djlint/__init__.py
+++ b/src/djlint/__init__.py
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ from .src import get_src
     is_flag=True,
     help="Return errors as warnings.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--preserve-leading-space",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Attempt to preserve leading space on text.",
+)
 @colorama_text(autoreset=True)
 def main(
     src: List[str],
@@ -108,6 +113,7 @@ def main(
     lint: bool,
     use_gitignore: bool,
     warn: bool,
+    preserve_leading_space: bool,
 ) -> None:
     """djLint · HTML template linter and formatter."""
     config = Config(
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ def main(
         check=check,
         use_gitignore=use_gitignore,
         warn=warn,
+        preserve_leading_space=preserve_leading_space,
     )
 
     temp_file = None
diff --git a/src/djlint/formatter/condense.py b/src/djlint/formatter/condense.py
index 96be9ff..5a955a1 100644
--- a/src/djlint/formatter/condense.py
+++ b/src/djlint/formatter/condense.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ def condense_html(html: str, config: Config) -> str:
 
     func = partial(strip_space, config, html)
 
-    html = re.sub(re.compile(r"^[ \t]*(.*?)[\n \t]*$", re.M), func, html)
+    if not config.preserve_leading_space:
+        html = re.sub(re.compile(r"^[ \t]*(.*?)[\n \t]*$", re.M), func, html)
 
     def if_blank_line_after_match(config: Config, html: str) -> bool:
         """Check if there should be a blank line after."""
diff --git a/src/djlint/settings.py b/src/djlint/settings.py
index 161dcf2..9438946 100644
--- a/src/djlint/settings.py
+++ b/src/djlint/settings.py
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ class Config:
         lint: bool = False,
         use_gitignore: bool = False,
         warn: bool = False,
+        preserve_leading_space: bool = False,
     ):
 
         self.reformat = reformat
@@ -228,6 +229,11 @@ class Config:
             "format_attribute_template_tags", False
         )
 
+        self.preserve_leading_space: bool = (
+            preserve_leading_space
+            or djlint_settings.get("preserve_leading_space", False)
+        )
+
         # ignore is based on input and also profile
         self.ignore: str = str(ignore or djlint_settings.get("ignore", ""))