diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xml/XMLConfigBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xml/XMLConfigBuilder.java
index c55ea66298e..a9ca156c647 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xml/XMLConfigBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xml/XMLConfigBuilder.java
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ private void settingsElement(Properties props) {
     configuration.setReturnInstanceForEmptyRow(booleanValueOf(props.getProperty("returnInstanceForEmptyRow"), false));
     configuration.setLogPrefix(props.getProperty("logPrefix"));
     configuration.setConfigurationFactory(resolveClass(props.getProperty("configurationFactory")));
+    configuration.setShrinkWhitespacesInSql(booleanValueOf(props.getProperty("shrinkWhitespacesInSql"), false));
   }
 
   private void environmentsElement(XNode context) throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml
index d816fe95fa4..80da190a796 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     <setting name="vfsImpl" value="org.apache.ibatis.io.JBoss6VFS"/>
     <setting name="configurationFactory" value="java.lang.String"/>
     <setting name="defaultEnumTypeHandler" value="org.apache.ibatis.type.EnumOrdinalTypeHandler"/>
+    <setting name="shrinkWhitespacesInSql" value="true"/>
   </settings>
 
   <typeAliases>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
index a1453ac5273..ef1851130dd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void shouldSuccessfullyLoadMinimalXMLConfigFile() throws Exception {
       assertNull(config.getLogImpl());
       assertNull(config.getConfigurationFactory());
       assertThat(config.getTypeHandlerRegistry().getTypeHandler(RoundingMode.class)).isInstanceOf(EnumTypeHandler.class);
+      assertThat(config.isShrinkWhitespacesInSql()).isFalse();
     }
   }
 
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ void shouldSuccessfullyLoadXMLConfigFile() throws Exception {
       assertThat(config.getLogImpl().getName()).isEqualTo(Slf4jImpl.class.getName());
       assertThat(config.getVfsImpl().getName()).isEqualTo(JBoss6VFS.class.getName());
       assertThat(config.getConfigurationFactory().getName()).isEqualTo(String.class.getName());
+      assertThat(config.isShrinkWhitespacesInSql()).isTrue();
 
       assertThat(config.getTypeAliasRegistry().getTypeAliases().get("blogauthor")).isEqualTo(Author.class);
       assertThat(config.getTypeAliasRegistry().getTypeAliases().get("blog")).isEqualTo(Blog.class);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xsd/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xsd/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml
index 4114fff0dea..b77b7521ca8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xsd/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xsd/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     <setting name="logImpl" value="SLF4J"/>
     <setting name="vfsImpl" value="org.apache.ibatis.io.JBoss6VFS"/>
     <setting name="configurationFactory" value="java.lang.String"/>
+    <setting name="shrinkWhitespacesInSql" value="true"/>
   </settings>
 
   <typeAliases>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xsd/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xsd/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
index 60bce8aa492..c4a8a35f642 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xsd/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xsd/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ void shouldSuccessfullyLoadMinimalXMLConfigFile() throws Exception {
       assertNull(config.getLogPrefix());
       assertNull(config.getLogImpl());
       assertNull(config.getConfigurationFactory());
+      assertFalse(config.isShrinkWhitespacesInSql());
     } finally {
       // System.clearProperty(XPathParser.KEY_USE_XSD);
     }
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ void shouldSuccessfullyLoadXMLConfigFile() throws Exception {
       assertEquals(Slf4jImpl.class.getName(), config.getLogImpl().getName());
       assertEquals(JBoss6VFS.class.getName(), config.getVfsImpl().getName());
       assertEquals(String.class.getName(), config.getConfigurationFactory().getName());
+      assertTrue(config.isShrinkWhitespacesInSql());
 
       assertEquals(Author.class, config.getTypeAliasRegistry().getTypeAliases().get("blogauthor"));
       assertEquals(Blog.class, config.getTypeAliasRegistry().getTypeAliases().get("blog"));