diff --git a/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/expected.html b/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/expected.html
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+++ b/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<div>
+    This
+    whitespace
+    should be
+    preserved
+    <div>
+        This
+        whitespace
+        should also be
+        preserved
+    </div>
+</div>
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diff --git a/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/template.marko b/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/template.marko
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+++ b/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/template.marko
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+<div marko-preserve-whitespace>
+    This
+    whitespace
+    should be
+    preserved
+    <div>
+        This
+        whitespace
+        should also be
+        preserved
+    </div>
+</div>
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diff --git a/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/test.js b/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/test.js
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+++ b/test/autotests/render/whitespace-marko-preserve-whitespace-attr/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+exports.templateData = {
+    "name": "World"
+};