diff --git a/src/Rule/Rules/File/Psr1PhpTagsRule.php b/src/Rule/Rules/File/Psr1PhpTagsRule.php
index be1919e..8b83bea 100644
--- a/src/Rule/Rules/File/Psr1PhpTagsRule.php
+++ b/src/Rule/Rules/File/Psr1PhpTagsRule.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private function replacementForInvalidTag(int $id, string $text, int $tokenLine,
                 return [
                     'offset' => $tagOffset,
                     'length' => 2,
-                    'text'   => '<?php',
+                    'text'   => preg_match('/^\s/', substr($text, $tagOffset + 2)) === 1 ? '<?php' : '<?php ',
                 ];
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/Rule/File/Psr1PhpTagsRuleTest.php b/tests/Rule/File/Psr1PhpTagsRuleTest.php
index 611729d..9d619e1 100644
--- a/tests/Rule/File/Psr1PhpTagsRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rule/File/Psr1PhpTagsRuleTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 use function bin2hex;
+use function escapeshellarg;
+use function exec;
 use function file_get_contents;
 use function file_put_contents;
 use function mkdir;
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@
 use function unlink;
 
 use const DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+use const PHP_BINARY;
 
 #[CoversClass(PhpFileFinder::class)]
 #[CoversClass(Psr1PhpTagsRule::class)]
@@ -53,6 +56,42 @@ public function testViolatesShortOpenTag(): void
         }
     }
 
+    public function testViolatesEchoImmediatelyAfterShortOpenTag(): void
+    {
+        $basePath = $this->makeTempDir();
+
+        try {
+            mkdir($basePath . '/src');
+            file_put_contents($basePath . '/src/Foo.php', "<?echo 'test';?>");
+            $command = escapeshellarg(PHP_BINARY)
+                . ' -d short_open_tag=1 '
+                . escapeshellarg($basePath . '/src/Foo.php');
+
+            exec($command, $output, $exitCode);
+
+            $this->assertSame(0, $exitCode);
+            $this->assertSame(['test'], $output);
+
+            $psr1PhpTagsRule = new Psr1PhpTagsRule(['src/']);
+            $violations      = $psr1PhpTagsRule->evaluateProjectAll($basePath, Architecture::define());
+
+            $this->assertCount(1, $violations);
+            $this->assertSame(1, $violations[0]->line);
+            $this->assertTrue($psr1PhpTagsRule->fix($violations[0]));
+            $this->assertSame("<?php echo 'test';?>", file_get_contents($basePath . '/src/Foo.php'));
+
+            $output = [];
+            exec($command, $output, $exitCode);
+
+            $this->assertSame(0, $exitCode);
+            $this->assertSame(['test'], $output);
+        } finally {
+            unlink($basePath . '/src/Foo.php');
+            rmdir($basePath . '/src');
+            rmdir($basePath);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testViolatesAssignmentUsingShortOpenTag(): void
     {
         $basePath = $this->makeTempDir();