diff --git a/src/buildHTML.js b/src/buildHTML.js
index 5deb4fa5..4180b1bf 100644
--- a/src/buildHTML.js
+++ b/src/buildHTML.js
@@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ const isBinRightCanceller = function(node, isRealGroup) {
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Splice out any spaces from `children` starting at position `i`, and return
+ * the spliced-out array. Returns null if `children[i]` does not exist or is not
+ * a space.
+ */
+const spliceSpaces = function(children, i) {
+    let j = i;
+    while (j < children.length && isSpace(children[j])) {
+        j++;
+    }
+    if (j === i) {
+        return null;
+    } else {
+        return children.splice(i, j - i);
+    }
+};
+
 /**
  * Take a list of nodes, build them in order, and return a list of the built
  * nodes. documentFragments are flattened into their contents, so the
@@ -74,24 +91,18 @@ const buildExpression = function(expression, options, isRealGroup) {
     // spacing (e.g., "add thick space between mord and mrel"). Since CSS
     // adjacency rules implement atom spacing, spaces should be invisible to
     // CSS. So we splice them out of `groups` and into the atoms themselves.
-    let spaces = null;
     for (let i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
-        if (isSpace(groups[i])) {
-            spaces = spaces || [];
-            spaces.push(groups[i]);
-            groups.splice(i, 1);
-            i--;
-        } else if (spaces) {
+        const spaces = spliceSpaces(groups, i);
+        if (spaces && i < groups.length) {
             if (groups[i] instanceof domTree.symbolNode) {
                 groups[i] = makeSpan([].concat(groups[i].classes), [groups[i]]);
             }
             buildCommon.prependChildren(groups[i], spaces);
-            spaces = null;
+        } else if (spaces) {
+            Array.prototype.push.apply(groups, spaces);
+            break;
         }
     }
-    if (spaces) {
-        Array.prototype.push.apply(groups, spaces);
-    }
 
     // Binary operators change to ordinary symbols in some contexts.
     for (let i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
@@ -1278,11 +1289,17 @@ groupTypes.leftright = function(group, options) {
     // Handle middle delimiters
     if (hadMiddle) {
         for (let i = 1; i < inner.length; i++) {
-            if (inner[i].isMiddle) {
+            const middleDelim = inner[i];
+            if (middleDelim.isMiddle) {
                 // Apply the options that were active when \middle was called
                 inner[i] = delimiter.leftRightDelim(
-                    inner[i].isMiddle.value, innerHeight, innerDepth,
-                    inner[i].isMiddle.options, group.mode, []);
+                    middleDelim.isMiddle.value, innerHeight, innerDepth,
+                    middleDelim.isMiddle.options, group.mode, []);
+                // Add back spaces shifted into the delimiter
+                const spaces = spliceSpaces(middleDelim.children, 0);
+                if (spaces) {
+                    buildCommon.prependChildren(inner[i], spaces);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/screenshotter/images/LeftRightMiddle-chrome.png b/test/screenshotter/images/LeftRightMiddle-chrome.png
index f731f146..34ed45ed 100644
Binary files a/test/screenshotter/images/LeftRightMiddle-chrome.png and b/test/screenshotter/images/LeftRightMiddle-chrome.png differ
diff --git a/test/screenshotter/images/LeftRightMiddle-firefox.png b/test/screenshotter/images/LeftRightMiddle-firefox.png
index 4fe9d8c6..64a49f19 100644
Binary files a/test/screenshotter/images/LeftRightMiddle-firefox.png and b/test/screenshotter/images/LeftRightMiddle-firefox.png differ
diff --git a/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml b/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
index 51e6373d..fc1e86cd 100644
--- a/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
+++ b/test/screenshotter/ss_data.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Kern:
 Lap: ab\llap{f}cd\rlap{g}h
 LeftRight: \left( x^2 \right) \left\{ x^{x^{x^{x^x}}} \right.
 LeftRightListStyling: a+\left(x+y\right)-x
-LeftRightMiddle: \left( x^2 \middle/ \right) \left\{ x^{x^{x^{x^x}}} \middle/ y \right.
+LeftRightMiddle: \left( x^2 \middle/ \right) \left\{ x^{x^{x^{x^x}}} \middle/ y \right.\left(x\middle|y\,\middle|\,z\right)
 LeftRightStyleSizing: |
     +\left\{\rule{0.1em}{1em}\right.
     x^{+\left\{\rule{0.1em}{1em}\right.