diff --git a/tests/othertests/templates.py b/tests/othertests/templates.py
index 5e3afd01e4..bfb62c7bd1 100644
--- a/tests/othertests/templates.py
+++ b/tests/othertests/templates.py
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ TEMPLATE_TESTS = {
                     """),
 
     # {% spaceless %} tag
-    'spaceless01': ("{% spaceless %} <b> <i> text </i> </b> {% endspaceless %}", {}, "<b><i> text </i></b>"),
-    'spaceless02': ("{% spaceless %} <b> \n <i> text </i> \n </b> {% endspaceless %}", {}, "<b><i> text </i></b>"),
+    'spaceless01': ("{% spaceless %} <b>    <i> text </i>    </b> {% endspaceless %}", {}, "<b> <i> text </i> </b>"),
+    'spaceless02': ("{% spaceless %} <b> \n <i> text </i> \n </b> {% endspaceless %}", {}, "<b> <i> text </i> </b>"),
     'spaceless03': ("{% spaceless %}<b><i>text</i></b>{% endspaceless %}", {}, "<b><i>text</i></b>"),
 
     # simple translation of a string delimited by '