diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index b2ed50871..cb2fc02dc 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -18,13 +18,19 @@
 		<exclude name="Generic.Files.LineLength.TooLong" />
 		<exclude name="PEAR.Functions.ValidDefaultValue.NotAtEnd" />
 	</rule>
+	<rule phpcbf-only="true" ref="Squiz.Strings.ConcatenationSpacing">
+		<properties>
+			<property name="spacing" value="1" />
+			<property name="ignoreNewlines" value="true"/>
+		</properties>
+	</rule>
 
 	<!-- include php files only -->
-    <arg name="extensions" value="php,lib,inc,php5"/>
+	<arg name="extensions" value="php,lib,inc,php5"/>
 
 	<!-- PHP-PEG generated file not intended for human consumption -->
 	<exclude-pattern>*/SSTemplateParser.php$</exclude-pattern>
-    <exclude-pattern>*/_fakewebroot/*</exclude-pattern>
-    <exclude-pattern>*/fixtures/*</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>*/_fakewebroot/*</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>*/fixtures/*</exclude-pattern>
 </ruleset>