diff --git a/src/org/intellij/erlang/inspection/ErlangTripleQuotasSyntaxInspection.java b/src/org/intellij/erlang/inspection/ErlangTripleQuotasSyntaxInspection.java
index b0f486fb6..045d4db3e 100644
--- a/src/org/intellij/erlang/inspection/ErlangTripleQuotasSyntaxInspection.java
+++ b/src/org/intellij/erlang/inspection/ErlangTripleQuotasSyntaxInspection.java
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@
 import org.intellij.erlang.psi.ErlangVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
 public class ErlangTripleQuotasSyntaxInspection extends ErlangInspectionBase {
+  private static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\n\\s*\"\"\"$");
+
   @Override
   protected @NotNull ErlangVisitor buildErlangVisitor(@NotNull ProblemsHolder holder,
                                                       @NotNull LocalInspectionToolSession session) {
@@ -33,7 +38,15 @@ public void visitStringLiteral(@NotNull ErlangStringLiteral o) {
         if (text.startsWith("\"\"\"") && !text.startsWith("\"\"\"\n")) {
           holder.registerProblem(o, "Not white space after start of triple-quoted string");
         }
+        if (text.endsWith("\"\"\"") && !endsWithPattern(text)) {
+          holder.registerProblem(o, "Bad indentation in triple-quoted string");
+        }
       }
     };
   }
+
+  private static boolean endsWithPattern(String tripleQuotedString) {
+    Matcher matcher = PATTERN.matcher(tripleQuotedString);
+    return matcher.find();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/testData/highlighting/Erlang27SyntaxNoError.erl b/testData/highlighting/Erlang27SyntaxNoError.erl
index 7f7fbfe50..ac5a782ea 100644
--- a/testData/highlighting/Erlang27SyntaxNoError.erl
+++ b/testData/highlighting/Erlang27SyntaxNoError.erl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--export([quotes/0, single_line/0]).
+-export([quotes/0, single_line/0, bad_indent/0]).
 
 quotes() ->
   """
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ quotes() ->
 single_line() ->
     <error>"""main"""</error>,
     ok.
+
+bad_indent() ->
+  <error>"""
+  main"""</error>.
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