diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocument.cpp
index eb6069df6d9..d782ed5ace2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetextdocument.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ void BaseTextDocument::cleanWhitespace(QTextCursor& cursor, bool inEntireDocumen
                 cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::PreviousCharacter, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor, trailing);
                 cursor.removeSelectedText();
             }
-            if (!m_tabSettings.isIndentationClean(blockText)) {
+            if (m_storageSettings.m_cleanIndentation && !m_tabSettings.isIndentationClean(blockText)) {
                 cursor.setPosition(block.position());
                 int firstNonSpace = m_tabSettings.firstNonSpace(blockText);
                 if (firstNonSpace == blockText.length()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/generalsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/generalsettingspage.cpp
index 7482080ab95..28400d10ebf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/generalsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/generalsettingspage.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ void GeneralSettingsPage::settingsFromUI(TabSettings &rc,
 
     storageSettings.m_cleanWhitespace = m_d->m_page.cleanWhitespace->isChecked();
     storageSettings.m_inEntireDocument = m_d->m_page.inEntireDocument->isChecked();
+    storageSettings.m_cleanIndentation = m_d->m_page.cleanIndentation->isChecked();
     storageSettings.m_addFinalNewLine = m_d->m_page.addFinalNewLine->isChecked();
 
     displaySettings.m_displayLineNumbers = m_d->m_page.displayLineNumbers->isChecked();
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ void GeneralSettingsPage::settingsToUI()
     StorageSettings storageSettings = m_d->m_storageSettings;
     m_d->m_page.cleanWhitespace->setChecked(storageSettings.m_cleanWhitespace);
     m_d->m_page.inEntireDocument->setChecked(storageSettings.m_inEntireDocument);
+    m_d->m_page.cleanIndentation->setChecked(storageSettings.m_cleanIndentation);
     m_d->m_page.addFinalNewLine->setChecked(storageSettings.m_addFinalNewLine);
 
     DisplaySettings displaySettings = m_d->m_displaySettings;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/generalsettingspage.ui b/src/plugins/texteditor/generalsettingspage.ui
index 58b6bdbc0aa..301ee8bdf55 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/generalsettingspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/generalsettingspage.ui
@@ -214,6 +214,36 @@
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+        <item>
+         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeType">
+           <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>30</width>
+            <height>20</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cleanIndentation">
+          <property name="enabled">
+           <bool>false</bool>
+          </property>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Clean indentation</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
       <item>
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="addFinalNewLine">
         <property name="text">
@@ -338,6 +368,12 @@
     </hint>
    </hints>
   </connection>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>cleanWhitespace</sender>
+   <signal>toggled(bool)</signal>
+   <receiver>cleanIndentation</receiver>
+   <slot>setEnabled(bool)</slot>
+  </connection>
   <connection>
    <sender>showWrapColumn</sender>
    <signal>toggled(bool)</signal>
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/storagesettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/storagesettings.cpp
index b92b4973450..c14a28ae6a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/storagesettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/storagesettings.cpp
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ namespace TextEditor {
 static const char * const cleanWhitespaceKey = "cleanWhitespace";
 static const char * const inEntireDocumentKey = "inEntireDocument";
 static const char * const addFinalNewLineKey = "addFinalNewLine";
+static const char * const cleanIndentationKey = "cleanIndentation";
 static const char * const groupPostfix = "StorageSettings";
 
 StorageSettings::StorageSettings()
     : m_cleanWhitespace(true),
       m_inEntireDocument(false),
-      m_addFinalNewLine(true)
+      m_addFinalNewLine(true),
+      m_cleanIndentation(true)
 {
 }
 
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ void StorageSettings::toSettings(const QString &category, QSettings *s) const
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(cleanWhitespaceKey), m_cleanWhitespace);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(inEntireDocumentKey), m_inEntireDocument);
     s->setValue(QLatin1String(addFinalNewLineKey), m_addFinalNewLine);
+    s->setValue(QLatin1String(cleanIndentationKey), m_cleanIndentation);
     s->endGroup();
 }
 
@@ -71,13 +74,15 @@ void StorageSettings::fromSettings(const QString &category, const QSettings *s)
     m_cleanWhitespace = s->value(group + QLatin1String(cleanWhitespaceKey), m_cleanWhitespace).toBool();
     m_inEntireDocument = s->value(group + QLatin1String(inEntireDocumentKey), m_inEntireDocument).toBool();
     m_addFinalNewLine = s->value(group + QLatin1String(addFinalNewLineKey), m_addFinalNewLine).toBool();
+    m_cleanIndentation = s->value(group + QLatin1String(cleanIndentationKey), m_cleanIndentation).toBool();
 }
 
 bool StorageSettings::equals(const StorageSettings &ts) const
 {
     return m_addFinalNewLine == ts.m_addFinalNewLine
         && m_cleanWhitespace == ts.m_cleanWhitespace
-        && m_inEntireDocument == ts.m_inEntireDocument;
+        && m_inEntireDocument == ts.m_inEntireDocument
+        && m_cleanIndentation == ts.m_cleanIndentation;
 }
 
 } // namespace TextEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/storagesettings.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/storagesettings.h
index d90b462d321..4fca30b284d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/storagesettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/storagesettings.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT StorageSettings
     bool m_cleanWhitespace;
     bool m_inEntireDocument;
     bool m_addFinalNewLine;
+    bool m_cleanIndentation;
 };
 
 inline bool operator==(const StorageSettings &t1, const StorageSettings &t2) { return t1.equals(t2); }