diff --git a/openapi/src/com/intellij/xml/util/XmlTagTextUtil.java b/openapi/src/com/intellij/xml/util/XmlTagTextUtil.java
index 854ec297feec..3efcf2456256 100644
--- a/openapi/src/com/intellij/xml/util/XmlTagTextUtil.java
+++ b/openapi/src/com/intellij/xml/util/XmlTagTextUtil.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class XmlTagTextUtil {
     ourCharacterEntities.put("gt", new Character('>'));
     ourCharacterEntities.put("apos", new Character('\''));
     ourCharacterEntities.put("quot", new Character('\"'));
-    ourCharacterEntities.put("nbsp", new Character(' '));
+    ourCharacterEntities.put("nbsp", new Character('\u00a0'));
     ourCharacterEntities.put("amp", new Character('&'));
   }