diff --git a/src/uu/free/src/free.rs b/src/uu/free/src/free.rs
index 8e24f0c7..4806d9e7 100644
--- a/src/uu/free/src/free.rs
+++ b/src/uu/free/src/free.rs
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             let used = mem_info.total - mem_info.free;
 
             if wide {
-                println!("              total        used        free      shared     buffers       cache   available");
+                println!("               total        used        free      shared     buffers       cache   available");
                 println!(
-                    "Mem:   {:12} {:12} {:12} {:12} {:12} {:12} {:12}",
+                    "Mem:     {:11} {:11} {:11} {:11} {:11} {:11} {:11}",
                     mem_info.total,
                     used,
                     mem_info.free,
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                     mem_info.available
                 );
             } else {
-                println!("              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available");
+                println!("               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available");
                 println!(
-                    "Mem:   {:12} {:12} {:12} {:12} {:12} {:12}",
+                    "Mem:     {:11} {:11} {:11} {:11} {:11} {:11}",
                     mem_info.total,
                     used,
                     mem_info.free,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 );
             }
             println!(
-                "Swap:  {:12} {:12} {:12}",
+                "Swap:    {:11} {:11} {:11}",
                 mem_info.swap_total, mem_info.swap_used, mem_info.swap_free
             );
         }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_free.rs b/tests/by-util/test_free.rs
index 8fb36af1..cda4a1e0 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_free.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_free.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 // spell-checker:ignore (words) symdir somefakedir
 
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+use regex::Regex;
+
 use crate::common::util::TestScenario;
 
 #[test]
@@ -23,3 +26,49 @@ fn test_free_wide() {
     assert!(result.stdout_str().contains("Mem:"));
     assert!(!result.stdout_str().contains("buff/cache"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_free_column_format() {
+    let re_head_str = r"^ {15}total {8}used {8}free {6}shared {2}buff/cache {3}available$";
+    let re_mem_str = r"^Mem:( +\d+){6}$";
+    let re_swap_str = r"^Swap: ( +\d+){3}$";
+
+    let mut re_list = vec![];
+    re_list.push(Regex::new(re_head_str).unwrap());
+    re_list.push(Regex::new(re_mem_str).unwrap());
+    re_list.push(Regex::new(re_swap_str).unwrap());
+
+    let binding = new_ucmd!().succeeds();
+    let free_result = binding.stdout_str();
+    assert_eq!(free_result.len(), 207);
+
+    // Check the format for each line output
+    let mut free_lines = free_result.split("\n");
+    for re in re_list {
+        assert!(re.is_match(free_lines.next().unwrap()));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_free_wide_column_format() {
+    let re_head_str = r"^ {15}total {8}used {8}free {6}shared {5}buffers {7}cache {3}available$";
+    let re_mem_str = r"^Mem:( +\d+){7}$";
+    let re_swap_str = r"^Swap: ( +\d+){3}$";
+
+    let mut re_list = vec![];
+    re_list.push(Regex::new(re_head_str).unwrap());
+    re_list.push(Regex::new(re_mem_str).unwrap());
+    re_list.push(Regex::new(re_swap_str).unwrap());
+
+    let binding = new_ucmd!().arg("--wide").succeeds();
+    let free_result = binding.stdout_str();
+
+    // The total number of character is always fixed
+    assert_eq!(free_result.len(), 231);
+
+    // Check the format for each line output
+    let mut free_lines = free_result.split("\n");
+    for re in re_list {
+        assert!(re.is_match(free_lines.next().unwrap()));
+    }
+}