diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/BindingRedirects.fs b/src/Paket.Core/BindingRedirects.fs
index 43712f3286..a5588660af 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/BindingRedirects.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/BindingRedirects.fs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module Paket.BindingRedirects
 
 open System
+open System.Text
+open System.Xml
 open System.Xml.Linq
 open System.IO
 open System.Reflection
@@ -13,14 +15,18 @@ type BindingRedirect =
       PublicKeyToken : string
       Culture : string option }
 
+let private bindingNs = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
+
+let private ensureAssemblyBinding doc = 
+    doc |> ensurePathExists ("/configuration/runtime/assemblyBinding!" + bindingNs)
+
 /// Updates the supplied MSBuild document with the supplied binding redirect.
 let internal setRedirect (doc:XDocument) bindingRedirect =
-    let bindingNs = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
     let createElementWithNs = createElement (Some bindingNs)
     let tryGetElementWithNs = tryGetElement (Some bindingNs)
     let getElementsWithNs = getElements (Some bindingNs)
 
-    let assemblyBinding = doc |> ensurePathExists ("/configuration/runtime/assemblyBinding!" + bindingNs)
+    let assemblyBinding = ensureAssemblyBinding doc
     let dependentAssembly =
         assemblyBinding
         |> getElementsWithNs "dependentAssembly"
@@ -48,6 +54,20 @@ let internal setRedirect (doc:XDocument) bindingRedirect =
     | None -> dependentAssembly.Add(newRedirect)
     doc
 
+let internal indentAssemblyBindings config =
+    let assemblyBinding = ensureAssemblyBinding config
+    
+    let sb = StringBuilder()
+    let xmlWriterSettings = XmlWriterSettings()
+    xmlWriterSettings.Indent <- true 
+    using (XmlWriter.Create(sb, xmlWriterSettings)) (fun writer -> 
+                                                        let tempAssemblyBindingNode = XElement.Parse(assemblyBinding.ToString())
+                                                        tempAssemblyBindingNode.WriteTo writer)
+    let parent = assemblyBinding.Parent
+    assemblyBinding.Remove()
+    let newAssemblyBindingNode = XElement.Parse(sb.ToString(), LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace)
+    parent.Add(newAssemblyBindingNode)
+
 /// Applies a set of binding redirects to a single configuration file.
 let private applyBindingRedirects bindingRedirects (configFilePath:string) =
     let config = 
@@ -57,8 +77,8 @@ let private applyBindingRedirects bindingRedirects (configFilePath:string) =
         | :? System.Xml.XmlException as ex ->
             Logging.verbosefn "Illegal xml in file: %s" configFilePath
             raise ex
-
     let config = Seq.fold setRedirect config bindingRedirects
+    indentAssemblyBindings config
     config.Save configFilePath
 
 /// Applies a set of binding redirects to all .config files in a specific folder.
diff --git a/tests/Paket.Tests/BindingRedirect.fs b/tests/Paket.Tests/BindingRedirect.fs
index 11e77a3f0b..d153c298ab 100644
--- a/tests/Paket.Tests/BindingRedirect.fs
+++ b/tests/Paket.Tests/BindingRedirect.fs
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ let private containsSingleDescendentWithNs = containsDescendents 1 bindingNs
 let private createBindingRedirectXml culture assembly version publicKey = sprintf "<dependentAssembly xmlns=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1\">\r\n  <assemblyIdentity name=\"%s\" publicKeyToken=\"%s\" culture=\"%s\" />\r\n  <bindingRedirect oldVersion=\"0.0.0.0-%s\" newVersion=\"%s\" />\r\n</dependentAssembly>" assembly publicKey culture version version
 let private xNameForNs name = XName.Get(name, bindingNs)
 
+let sampleDocWithNoIndentation() = sprintf """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<configuration>
+<runtime><assemblyBinding xmlns="%s">%s</assemblyBinding></runtime></configuration>""" bindingNs (createBindingRedirectXml "cul" "asm" "v" "pKey") |> XDocument.Parse
+
 [<Test>]
 let ``add missing elements to configuration file``() = 
     let doc = sampleDoc()
@@ -101,4 +105,16 @@ let ``correctly updates an existing binding redirect``() =
     // Assert
     let dependency = doc.Descendants(xNameForNs "dependentAssembly") |> Seq.head
     dependency.ToString() |> shouldEqual (createBindingRedirectXml "neutral" "Assembly" "2.0.0" "PUBLIC_KEY")
+    
+[<Test>]
+let ``redirects got properly indented for readability``() = 
+    let doc = sampleDoc()
+    setRedirect doc defaultRedirect |> ignore
+
+    // Act
+    indentAssemblyBindings doc
+
+    // Assert
+    let dependency = doc.Descendants(xNameForNs "dependentAssembly") |> Seq.head
+    dependency.ToString() |> shouldEqual "<dependentAssembly xmlns=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1\">\r\n    <assemblyIdentity name=\"Assembly\" publicKeyToken=\"PUBLIC_KEY\" culture=\"neutral\" />\r\n    <bindingRedirect oldVersion=\"0.0.0.0-1.0.0\" newVersion=\"1.0.0\" />\r\n  </dependentAssembly>"