diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 86b7883..469baf2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ function compressShader(source) {
       result.push(line, "\n");
       needNewline = false
     } else {
+      // Add space after "else" at end of prior line (unless this line starts with curly brace)
+      if (!line.startsWith('{')
+        && result.length 
+        && result[result.length - 1].endsWith('else') 
+      ) {
+        result.push(' ');
+      }
       result.push(line
         .replace(/\s*({|}|=|\*|,|\+|\/|>|<|&|\||\[|\]|\(|\)|\-|!|;)\s*/g, "$1"))
       needNewline = true;
diff --git a/test/expected/basic.bundle.js b/test/expected/basic.bundle.js
index bfa7f87..87b0de5 100644
--- a/test/expected/basic.bundle.js
+++ b/test/expected/basic.bundle.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (function () {
 	'use strict';
 
-	var shaderSource = "#ifdef GL_ES\nprecision highp float;\n#endif\nattribute vec3 aVertexPosition;attribute vec3 aVertexNormal;attribute vec2 aTextureCoord;attribute float aFace;uniform mat4 uMVMatrix;uniform mat4 uPMatrix;uniform mat3 uNMatrix;varying vec2 vTextureCoord;varying vec3 vTransformedNormal;varying vec4 vPosition;varying float vFace;void main(void){vPosition=uMVMatrix*vec4(aVertexPosition,1.0);gl_Position=uPMatrix*vPosition;vTextureCoord=aTextureCoord;vTransformedNormal=uNMatrix*aVertexNormal;vFace=aFace;}";
+	var shaderSource = "#ifdef GL_ES\nprecision highp float;\n#endif\nattribute vec3 aVertexPosition;attribute vec3 aVertexNormal;attribute vec2 aTextureCoord;attribute float aFace;uniform mat4 uMVMatrix;uniform mat4 uPMatrix;uniform mat3 uNMatrix;varying vec2 vTextureCoord;varying vec3 vTransformedNormal;varying vec4 vPosition;varying float vFace;void main(void){vPosition=uMVMatrix*vec4(aVertexPosition,1.0);gl_Position=uPMatrix*vPosition;vTextureCoord=aTextureCoord;vTransformedNormal=uNMatrix*aVertexNormal;vFace=aFace;}float getFace(vec3 direction){vec3 absDirection=abs(direction);float face=-1.0;if(absDirection.x>absDirection.z){if(absDirection.x>absDirection.y)face=direction.x>0.0 ? 0.0 : 3.0;else face=direction.y>0.0 ? 1.0 : 4.0;}else{if(absDirection.z>absDirection.y)face=direction.z>0.0 ? 2.0 : 5.0;else face=direction.y>0.0 ? 1.0 : 4.0;}return face;}";
 
 	assert.equal(typeof shaderSource, 'string');
 	const lines = shaderSource.split(/\n/);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/shaders/basic.glsl b/test/fixtures/shaders/basic.glsl
index 117b52a..cae66e5 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/shaders/basic.glsl
+++ b/test/fixtures/shaders/basic.glsl
@@ -25,3 +25,21 @@ void main(void) {
   vTransformedNormal = uNMatrix * aVertexNormal;
   vFace = aFace;
 }
+
+// Copied from ThreeJS (else without curly braces)
+float getFace( vec3 direction ) {
+	vec3 absDirection = abs( direction );
+	float face = - 1.0;
+	if ( absDirection.x > absDirection.z ) {
+		if ( absDirection.x > absDirection.y )
+			face = direction.x > 0.0 ? 0.0 : 3.0;
+		else
+			face = direction.y > 0.0 ? 1.0 : 4.0;
+	} else {
+		if ( absDirection.z > absDirection.y )
+			face = direction.z > 0.0 ? 2.0 : 5.0;
+		else
+			face = direction.y > 0.0 ? 1.0 : 4.0;
+	}
+	return face;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/result/basic.bundle.js b/test/result/basic.bundle.js
index bfa7f87..87b0de5 100644
--- a/test/result/basic.bundle.js
+++ b/test/result/basic.bundle.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (function () {
 	'use strict';
 
-	var shaderSource = "#ifdef GL_ES\nprecision highp float;\n#endif\nattribute vec3 aVertexPosition;attribute vec3 aVertexNormal;attribute vec2 aTextureCoord;attribute float aFace;uniform mat4 uMVMatrix;uniform mat4 uPMatrix;uniform mat3 uNMatrix;varying vec2 vTextureCoord;varying vec3 vTransformedNormal;varying vec4 vPosition;varying float vFace;void main(void){vPosition=uMVMatrix*vec4(aVertexPosition,1.0);gl_Position=uPMatrix*vPosition;vTextureCoord=aTextureCoord;vTransformedNormal=uNMatrix*aVertexNormal;vFace=aFace;}";
+	var shaderSource = "#ifdef GL_ES\nprecision highp float;\n#endif\nattribute vec3 aVertexPosition;attribute vec3 aVertexNormal;attribute vec2 aTextureCoord;attribute float aFace;uniform mat4 uMVMatrix;uniform mat4 uPMatrix;uniform mat3 uNMatrix;varying vec2 vTextureCoord;varying vec3 vTransformedNormal;varying vec4 vPosition;varying float vFace;void main(void){vPosition=uMVMatrix*vec4(aVertexPosition,1.0);gl_Position=uPMatrix*vPosition;vTextureCoord=aTextureCoord;vTransformedNormal=uNMatrix*aVertexNormal;vFace=aFace;}float getFace(vec3 direction){vec3 absDirection=abs(direction);float face=-1.0;if(absDirection.x>absDirection.z){if(absDirection.x>absDirection.y)face=direction.x>0.0 ? 0.0 : 3.0;else face=direction.y>0.0 ? 1.0 : 4.0;}else{if(absDirection.z>absDirection.y)face=direction.z>0.0 ? 2.0 : 5.0;else face=direction.y>0.0 ? 1.0 : 4.0;}return face;}";
 
 	assert.equal(typeof shaderSource, 'string');
 	const lines = shaderSource.split(/\n/);