diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index d74c5f28..59a96b82 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
  ===== 3.1.30-dev ===== (xx.xx.xx)
+ 29.04.2016
+  - bugfix {strip} remove space on linebreak between html tags https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/213
+
  24.04.2016
   - bugfix nested {include} with relative file path could fail when called in {block} ... {/block} https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/218
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 9fe5670d..6e274fc5 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.30-dev/63';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.30-dev/64';
 
     /**
      * define variable scopes
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
index 2d8cb299..04ad5d6e 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
@@ -818,9 +818,10 @@ abstract class Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase
                         }
                     }
                     $expressions = array(// replace multiple spaces between tags by a single space
-                                         // can't remove them entirely, becaue that might break poorly implemented CSS display:inline-block elements
-                                         '#(:SMARTY@!@|>)\s+(?=@!@SMARTY:|<)#s' => '\1 \2',
-                                         // remove spaces between attributes (but not in attribute values!)
+                                         '#(:SMARTY@!@|>)[\040\011]+(?=@!@SMARTY:|<)#s' => '\1 \2',
+                                         // remove newline between tags
+                                         '#(:SMARTY@!@|>)[\040\011]*[\n]\s*(?=@!@SMARTY:|<)#s' => '\1\2',
+                                         // remove multiple spaces between attributes (but not in attribute values!)
                                          '#(([a-z0-9]\s*=\s*("[^"]*?")|(\'[^\']*?\'))|<[a-z0-9_]+)\s+([a-z/>])#is' => '\1 \5',
                                          '#>[\040\011]+$#Ss' => '> ', '#>[\040\011]*[\n]\s*$#Ss' => '>',
                                          $this->stripRegEx => '',);