diff --git a/src/locationCorrection.ts b/src/locationCorrection.ts
index 7e013cd..90d6ad8 100644
--- a/src/locationCorrection.ts
+++ b/src/locationCorrection.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import {createPlaceholder} from './util.js';
 const correctLocation = (
   node: TaggedTemplateExpression,
   loc: Position,
-  baseIndentations: Map<number, number>
+  baseIndentations: Map<number, number>,
+  prefixOffsets?: {lines: number; offset: number}
 ): Position => {
   if (!node.quasi.loc || !node.quasi.range) {
     return loc;
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ const correctLocation = (
   let currentLine = 1;
   let columnOffset = nodeLoc.start.column + 1;
 
+  if (prefixOffsets) {
+    lineOffset += prefixOffsets.lines;
+    newOffset += prefixOffsets.offset;
+  }
+
   for (let i = 0; i < node.quasi.expressions.length; i++) {
     const expr = node.quasi.expressions[i];
     const previousQuasi = node.quasi.quasis[i];
@@ -72,9 +78,7 @@ const correctLocation = (
   if (loc.line === currentLine) {
     loc.column += columnOffset;
   }
-  if (loc.line !== 1) {
-    loc.column += baseIndentation;
-  }
+  loc.column += baseIndentation;
 
   loc.offset = newOffset + indentationOffset;
 
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ function computeBeforeAfter(
 ): void {
   if (
     node.raws['before'] &&
-    node.raws['before'].includes('\n') &&
+    (node.raws['before'].includes('\n') || node.parent?.type === 'root') &&
     node.source?.start
   ) {
     const raw = node.raws['before'];
@@ -140,14 +144,16 @@ export function locationCorrectionWalker(
       node.source.start = correctLocation(
         expr,
         node.source.start,
-        baseIndentations
+        baseIndentations,
+        root.raws['litPrefixOffsets']
       );
     }
     if (node.source?.end) {
       node.source.end = correctLocation(
         expr,
         node.source.end,
-        baseIndentations
+        baseIndentations,
+        root.raws['litPrefixOffsets']
       );
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/parse.ts b/src/parse.ts
index 1cb7d6a..0574a97 100644
--- a/src/parse.ts
+++ b/src/parse.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@ export const parse: Parser<Root | Document> = (
     const sourceLines = styleText.split('\n');
     const baseIndentations = new Map<number, number>();
     const indentationPattern = new RegExp(`^[ \\t]{${baseIndentation}}`);
+    const emptyLinePattern = /^[ \\t\r]*$/;
     const deindentedLines: string[] = [];
+    const prefixOffsets = {lines: 0, offset: 0};
+
+    if (sourceLines[0] !== undefined && emptyLinePattern.test(sourceLines[0])) {
+      prefixOffsets.lines = 1;
+      prefixOffsets.offset = sourceLines[0].length + 1;
+      sourceLines.shift();
+    }
 
     for (let i = 0; i < sourceLines.length; i++) {
       const sourceLine = sourceLines[i];
@@ -95,9 +103,19 @@ export const parse: Parser<Root | Document> = (
       map: false
     }) as Root;
 
+    root.raws['litPrefixOffsets'] = prefixOffsets;
     root.raws['litTemplateExpressions'] = expressionStrings;
     root.raws['litBaseIndentations'] = baseIndentations;
-    root.raws.codeBefore = sourceAsString.slice(currentOffset, startIndex);
+    // TODO (43081j): remove this if stylelint/stylelint#5767 ever gets fixed,
+    // or they drop the indentation rule. Their indentation rule depends on
+    // `beforeStart` existing as they unsafely try to call `endsWith` on it.
+    if (!root.raws['beforeStart']) {
+      root.raws['beforeStart'] = '';
+    }
+    root.raws.codeBefore = sourceAsString.slice(
+      currentOffset,
+      startIndex + prefixOffsets.offset
+    );
     root.parent = doc;
     // TODO (43081j): stylelint relies on this existing, really unsure why.
     // it could just access root.parent to get the document...
diff --git a/src/test/parse_test.ts b/src/test/parse_test.ts
index 6779b1c..abed0ba 100644
--- a/src/test/parse_test.ts
+++ b/src/test/parse_test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('parse', () => {
     assert.equal(root.type, 'root');
     assert.equal(rule.type, 'rule');
     assert.equal(colour.type, 'decl');
-    assert.equal(root.raws.codeBefore, '\n      css`');
+    assert.equal(root.raws.codeBefore, '\n      css`\n');
     assert.equal(root.parent, ast);
     assert.equal(root.raws.codeAfter, '`;\n    ');
     assert.deepEqual(ast.source!.start, {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('parse', () => {
     const root2 = ast.nodes[1] as Root;
 
     assert.equal(root1.type, 'root');
-    assert.equal(root1.raws.codeBefore, '\n      css`');
+    assert.equal(root1.raws.codeBefore, '\n      css`\n');
     assert.equal(root1.raws.codeAfter, undefined);
     assert.equal(root1.parent, ast);
     assert.equal(root2.type, 'root');
diff --git a/src/test/postcss_test.ts b/src/test/postcss_test.ts
index ccc30f9..685a63b 100644
--- a/src/test/postcss_test.ts
+++ b/src/test/postcss_test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('postcss', () => {
     assert.equal(root.type, 'root');
     assert.equal(rule.type, 'rule');
     assert.equal(colour.type, 'decl');
-    assert.equal(root.raws.codeBefore, '\n      css`');
+    assert.equal(root.raws.codeBefore, '\n      css`\n');
     assert.equal(root.parent, ast);
     assert.equal(root.raws.codeAfter, '`;\n    ');
     assert.deepEqual(ast.source!.start, {