diff --git a/specs/~inheritance.json b/specs/~inheritance.json
index 0a6878b..608d55b 100644
--- a/specs/~inheritance.json
+++ b/specs/~inheritance.json
@@ -245,6 +245,62 @@
         "parent": "{{#nested}}{{$block}}You say {{fruit}}.{{/block}}{{/nested}}"
       },
       "expected": "I say bananas."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Standalone parent",
+      "desc": "A parent's opening and closing tags need not be on separate lines in order to be standalone",
+      "data": {
+      },
+      "template": "Hi,\n  {{<parent}}{{/parent}}\n",
+      "partials": {
+        "parent": "one\ntwo\n"
+      },
+      "expected": "Hi,\n  one\n  two\n"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Standalone block",
+      "desc": "A block's opening and closing tags need not be on separate lines in order to be standalone",
+      "data": {
+      },
+      "template": "{{<parent}}{{$block}}\none\ntwo{{/block}}\n{{/parent}}\n",
+      "partials": {
+        "parent": "Hi,\n  {{$block}}{{/block}}\n"
+      },
+      "expected": "Hi,\n  one\n  two\n"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Block reindentation",
+      "desc": "Block indentation is removed at the site of definition and added at the site of expansion",
+      "data": {
+      },
+      "template": "{{<parent}}{{$block}}\n    one\n    two\n{{/block}}{{/parent}}\n",
+      "partials": {
+        "parent": "Hi,\n  {{$block}}\n  {{/block}}\n"
+      },
+      "expected": "Hi,\n  one\n  two\n"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Intrinsic indentation",
+      "desc": "When the block opening tag is standalone, indentation is determined by default content",
+      "data": {
+      },
+      "template": "{{<parent}}{{$block}}\none\ntwo\n{{/block}}{{/parent}}\n",
+      "partials": {
+        "parent": "Hi,\n{{$block}}\n  default\n{{/block}}\n"
+      },
+      "expected": "Hi,\n  one\n  two\n"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Nested block reindentation",
+      "desc": "Nested blocks are reindented relative to the surrounding block",
+      "data": {
+      },
+      "template": "{{<parent}}{{$nested}}\nthree\n{{/nested}}{{/parent}}\n",
+      "partials": {
+        "parent": "{{<grandparent}}{{$block}}\n  one\n  {{$nested}}\n    two\n  {{/nested}}\n{{/block}}{{/grandparent}}\n",
+        "grandparent": "{{$block}}default{{/block}}"
+      },
+      "expected": "one\n  three\n"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/specs/~inheritance.yml b/specs/~inheritance.yml
index 5a24ba8..4ec742a 100644
--- a/specs/~inheritance.yml
+++ b/specs/~inheritance.yml
@@ -235,3 +235,92 @@ tests:
     partials:
       parent: "{{#nested}}{{$block}}You say {{fruit}}.{{/block}}{{/nested}}"
     expected: I say bananas.
+
+  - name: Standalone parent
+    desc: A parent's opening and closing tags need not be on separate lines in order to be standalone
+    data: {}
+    template: |
+      Hi,
+        {{<parent}}{{/parent}}
+    partials:
+      parent: |
+        one
+        two
+    expected: |
+      Hi,
+        one
+        two
+
+  - name: Standalone block
+    desc: A block's opening and closing tags need not be on separate lines in order to be standalone
+    data: {}
+    template: |
+      {{<parent}}{{$block}}
+      one
+      two{{/block}}
+      {{/parent}}
+    partials:
+      parent: |
+        Hi,
+          {{$block}}{{/block}}
+    expected: |
+      Hi,
+        one
+        two
+
+  - name: Block reindentation
+    desc: Block indentation is removed at the site of definition and added at the site of expansion
+    data: {}
+    template: |
+      {{<parent}}{{$block}}
+          one
+          two
+      {{/block}}{{/parent}}
+    partials:
+      parent: |
+        Hi,
+          {{$block}}
+          {{/block}}
+    expected: |
+      Hi,
+        one
+        two
+
+  - name: Intrinsic indentation
+    desc: When the block opening tag is standalone, indentation is determined by default content
+    data: {}
+    template: |
+      {{<parent}}{{$block}}
+      one
+      two
+      {{/block}}{{/parent}}
+    partials:
+      parent: |
+        Hi,
+        {{$block}}
+          default
+        {{/block}}
+    expected: |
+      Hi,
+        one
+        two
+
+  - name: Nested block reindentation
+    desc: Nested blocks are reindented relative to the surrounding block
+    data: {}
+    template: |
+      {{<parent}}{{$nested}}
+      three
+      {{/nested}}{{/parent}}
+    partials:
+      parent: |
+        {{<grandparent}}{{$block}}
+          one
+          {{$nested}}
+            two
+          {{/nested}}
+        {{/block}}{{/grandparent}}
+      grandparent: "{{$block}}default{{/block}}"
+    expected: |
+      one
+        three