diff --git a/src/dfmt/formatter.d b/src/dfmt/formatter.d
index 15be43e..8236032 100644
--- a/src/dfmt/formatter.d
+++ b/src/dfmt/formatter.d
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ private:
                 write(" ");
             else if (prevTokenEndLine == currTokenLine || (t == tok!")" && peekIs(tok!"{")))
                 write(" ");
-            else if (t == tok!"else")
+            else if (peekBackIsOneOf(false, tok!"else", tok!"identifier"))
                 write(" ");
             else if (canAddNewline || (peekIs(tok!"{") && t == tok!"}"))
                 newline();
diff --git a/tests/allman/issue0452.d.ref b/tests/allman/issue0452.d.ref
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4aed14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/allman/issue0452.d.ref
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@nogc //
+void foo();
diff --git a/tests/issue0452.d b/tests/issue0452.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ad0f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issue0452.d
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@nogc
+//
+void foo();
diff --git a/tests/otbs/issue0452.d.ref b/tests/otbs/issue0452.d.ref
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4aed14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/otbs/issue0452.d.ref
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@nogc //
+void foo();