diff --git a/test/utility.js b/test/utility.js
index f1f0bfb56..0f53bd510 100644
--- a/test/utility.js
+++ b/test/utility.js
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     var result = basicTemplate({thing : 'This'});
     equals(result, "This is gettin' on my noives!", 'can do basic attribute interpolation');
 
+    var sansSemicolonTemplate = _.template("A <% this %> B");
+    equals(sansSemicolonTemplate(), "A  B");
+
     var backslashTemplate = _.template("<%= thing %> is \\ridanculous");
     equals(backslashTemplate({thing: 'This'}), "This is \\ridanculous");
 
diff --git a/underscore.js b/underscore.js
index 3737ddc1b..9aced7791 100644
--- a/underscore.js
+++ b/underscore.js
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
          })
          .replace(c.evaluate || null, function(match, code) {
            return "');" + code.replace(/\\'/g, "'")
-                              .replace(/[\r\n\t]/g, ' ') + "__p.push('";
+                              .replace(/[\r\n\t]/g, ' ') + ";__p.push('";
          })
          .replace(/\r/g, '\\r')
          .replace(/\n/g, '\\n')