diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220322-144822.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220322-144822.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbcd081ccda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220322-144822.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Add space before justification periods
+time: 2022-03-22T14:48:22.64892-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: joellabes
+  Issue: "4737"
+  PR: "4744"
diff --git a/core/dbt/events/format.py b/core/dbt/events/format.py
index cf0182578e8..627ce0bd9af 100644
--- a/core/dbt/events/format.py
+++ b/core/dbt/events/format.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def format_fancy_output_line(
         progress = ""
     else:
         progress = "{} of {} ".format(index, total)
-    prefix = "{progress}{message}".format(progress=progress, message=msg)
+    prefix = "{progress}{message} ".format(progress=progress, message=msg)
 
     truncate_width = ui.printer_width() - 3
     justified = prefix.ljust(ui.printer_width(), ".")