diff --git a/_test/extra.txt b/_test/extra.txt
index 1701fd5..197a3f5 100644
--- a/_test/extra.txt
+++ b/_test/extra.txt
@@ -395,3 +395,17 @@ hello\x00world
 //- - - - - - - - -//
 <p>hello\ufffdworld</p>
 //= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =//
+
+27: Newlines in code spans must be preserved as a space
+    OPTIONS: {"enableEscape": true}
+//- - - - - - - - -//
+`\n`
+
+`x\n`
+
+`\nx`
+//- - - - - - - - -//
+<p><code> </code></p>
+<p><code>x </code></p>
+<p><code> x</code></p>
+//= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =//
diff --git a/parser/code_span.go b/parser/code_span.go
index 1365236..a74b09b 100644
--- a/parser/code_span.go
+++ b/parser/code_span.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package parser
 import (
 	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/ast"
 	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/text"
-	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/util"
 )
 
 type codeSpanParser struct {
@@ -52,9 +51,7 @@ func (s *codeSpanParser) Parse(parent ast.Node, block text.Reader, pc Context) a
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if !util.IsBlank(line) {
-			node.AppendChild(node, ast.NewRawTextSegment(segment))
-		}
+		node.AppendChild(node, ast.NewRawTextSegment(segment))
 		block.AdvanceLine()
 	}
 end:
@@ -62,11 +59,11 @@ end:
 		// trim first halfspace and last halfspace
 		segment := node.FirstChild().(*ast.Text).Segment
 		shouldTrimmed := true
-		if !(!segment.IsEmpty() && block.Source()[segment.Start] == ' ') {
+		if !(!segment.IsEmpty() && isSpaceOrNewline(block.Source()[segment.Start])) {
 			shouldTrimmed = false
 		}
 		segment = node.LastChild().(*ast.Text).Segment
-		if !(!segment.IsEmpty() && block.Source()[segment.Stop-1] == ' ') {
+		if !(!segment.IsEmpty() && isSpaceOrNewline(block.Source()[segment.Stop-1])) {
 			shouldTrimmed = false
 		}
 		if shouldTrimmed {
@@ -81,3 +78,7 @@ end:
 	}
 	return node
 }
+
+func isSpaceOrNewline(c byte) bool {
+	return c == ' ' || c == '\n'
+}
diff --git a/renderer/html/html.go b/renderer/html/html.go
index d0243cb..90221b0 100644
--- a/renderer/html/html.go
+++ b/renderer/html/html.go
@@ -477,9 +477,7 @@ func (r *Renderer) renderCodeSpan(w util.BufWriter, source []byte, n ast.Node, e
 			value := segment.Value(source)
 			if bytes.HasSuffix(value, []byte("\n")) {
 				r.Writer.RawWrite(w, value[:len(value)-1])
-				if c != n.LastChild() {
-					r.Writer.RawWrite(w, []byte(" "))
-				}
+				r.Writer.RawWrite(w, []byte(" "))
 			} else {
 				r.Writer.RawWrite(w, value)
 			}