diff --git a/src/html/m_pre.cpp b/src/html/m_pre.cpp
index 43b3b597b5..f1c064e755 100644
--- a/src/html/m_pre.cpp
+++ b/src/html/m_pre.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(PRE, "PRE")
         m_WParser->CloseContainer();
         c = m_WParser->OpenContainer();
         c->SetAlignHor(wxHTML_ALIGN_LEFT);
+        c->SetIndent(m_WParser->GetCharHeight(), wxHTML_INDENT_TOP);
 
         wxString srcMid =
             m_WParser->GetSource()->Mid(tag.GetBeginPos(),