diff --git a/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js b/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
index 370e3f5967c..7458cf97fb0 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext.svg_export.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* _TO_SVG_START_ */
 (function() {
-  var toFixed = fabric.util.toFixed;
+  var toFixed = fabric.util.toFixed,
+      multipleSpacesRegex = /  +/g;
 
   fabric.util.object.extend(fabric.Text.prototype, /** @lends fabric.Text.prototype */ {
 
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@
      * @private
      */
     _createTextCharSpan: function(_char, styleDecl, left, top) {
-      var styleProps = this.getSvgSpanStyles(styleDecl, _char !== _char.trim()),
+      var shouldUseWhitespace = _char !== _char.trim() || _char.match(multipleSpacesRegex),
+          styleProps = this.getSvgSpanStyles(styleDecl, shouldUseWhitespace),
           fillStyles = styleProps ? 'style="' + styleProps + '"' : '',
           dy = styleDecl.deltaY, dySpan = '',
           NUM_FRACTION_DIGITS = fabric.Object.NUM_FRACTION_DIGITS;
diff --git a/test/unit/text_to_svg.js b/test/unit/text_to_svg.js
index cdf1e08b87f..0a01aea9c08 100644
--- a/test/unit/text_to_svg.js
+++ b/test/unit/text_to_svg.js
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 
     assert.equal(removeTranslate(text.toSVG()), removeTranslate(TEXT_SVG_JUSTIFIED));
   });
+  QUnit.test('toSVG with multiple spaces', function(assert) {
+    var TEXT_SVG_MULTIPLESPACES = '\t<g transform="translate(50.5 26.72)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" ><tspan x="-105" y="12.57" style="white-space: pre; ">x                 y</tspan></text>\n\t</g>\n';
+    var text = new fabric.Text('x                 y');
+    assert.equal(removeTranslate(text.toSVG()), removeTranslate(TEXT_SVG_MULTIPLESPACES));
+  });
   QUnit.test('toSVG with deltaY', function(assert) {
     fabric.Object.NUM_FRACTION_DIGITS = 0;
     var TEXT_SVG = '\t<g transform="translate(10.5 26.7)">\n\t\t<text xml:space="preserve" font-family="Times New Roman" font-size="40" font-style="normal" font-weight="normal" style="stroke: none; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: none; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter; stroke-miterlimit: 10; fill: rgb(0,0,0); fill-rule: nonzero; opacity: 1; white-space: pre;" ><tspan x="-16" y="13" >x</tspan><tspan x="4" y="13"  dy="-14" style="font-size: 24px; baseline-shift: 14; ">x</tspan></text>\n\t</g>\n';