diff --git a/lib/handlebars/compiler/whitespace-control.js b/lib/handlebars/compiler/whitespace-control.js
index d1b743d7e..6c8a9864f 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/compiler/whitespace-control.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/compiler/whitespace-control.js
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ WhitespaceControl.prototype.Program = function(program) {
 
   return program;
 };
-WhitespaceControl.prototype.BlockStatement = function(block) {
+
+WhitespaceControl.prototype.BlockStatement =
+WhitespaceControl.prototype.PartialBlockStatement = function(block) {
   this.accept(block.program);
   this.accept(block.inverse);