diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index 9b4d875b6b..ef04fb47d0 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@ $left-gutter: 64px;
             background: transparent;
         }
     }
+
+    code {
+        white-space: pre; // don't collapse spaces in inline code blocks
+    }
 }
 
 .mx_EventTile_lineNumbers {