diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GeneratorWriter.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GeneratorWriter.java
index 5450202e2d..3219d56c5f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GeneratorWriter.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GeneratorWriter.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public abstract class GeneratorWriter<W extends GeneratorWriter<W>> {
     }
 
     public void tabString(String string) {
-        this.tabString = string.replace("\\t", "\t");
+        this.tabString = string.replace("\\t", "\t").replace("\\s", " ");
     }
 
     public String newlineString() {