diff --git a/YamlDotNet.Test/Core/EmitterTests.cs b/YamlDotNet.Test/Core/EmitterTests.cs
index 277099577..d01d1ec50 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet.Test/Core/EmitterTests.cs
+++ b/YamlDotNet.Test/Core/EmitterTests.cs
@@ -208,6 +208,19 @@ public void FoldedStyleIsSelectedWhenNewLinesAreFoundInLiteral()
             yaml.Should().Contain(">");
         }
 
+
+        [Fact]
+        [Trait("motive", "pr #540")]
+        public void AllowBlockStyleInMultilineScalarsWithTrailingSpaces()
+        {
+            var events = SequenceWith(Scalar("hello  \nworld").ImplicitPlain);
+
+            var yaml = EmittedTextFrom(StreamedDocumentWith(events));
+
+            yaml.Should().Contain("\n");
+        }
+
+
         [Fact]
         public void FoldedStyleDoesNotGenerateExtraLineBreaks()
         {