diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeStyle/GroovyCodeStyleManagerImpl.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeStyle/GroovyCodeStyleManagerImpl.java
index 5a3e81d77a76..58305751237e 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeStyle/GroovyCodeStyleManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeStyle/GroovyCodeStyleManagerImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ public class GroovyCodeStyleManagerImpl extends GroovyCodeStyleManager {
     if (PsiImplUtil.hasElementType(prev, GroovyTokenTypes.mSEMI)) prev = prev.getPrevSibling();
     if (PsiImplUtil.isWhiteSpaceOrNls(prev)) prev = prev.getPrevSibling();
 
+    ASTNode node = psiFile.getNode();
     if (prev instanceof GrImportStatement) {
       final int idx_before = getPackageEntryIdx(entries, (GrImportStatement)prev);
       final int idx = getPackageEntryIdx(entries, result);
@@ -151,11 +152,12 @@ public class GroovyCodeStyleManagerImpl extends GroovyCodeStyleManager {
       //skip space and semicolon after import
       if (PsiImplUtil.isWhiteSpaceOrNls(prev.getNextSibling()) && PsiImplUtil
         .hasElementType(prev.getNextSibling().getNextSibling(), GroovyTokenTypes.mSEMI)) prev = prev.getNextSibling().getNextSibling();
-      ASTNode node = psiFile.getNode();
       while (PsiImplUtil.isWhiteSpaceOrNls(prev.getNextSibling())) {
         node.removeChild(prev.getNextSibling().getNode());
       }
       node.addLeaf(GroovyTokenTypes.mNLS, StringUtil.repeat("\n", spaceCount + 1), result.getNode());
+    } else if (prev instanceof GrPackageDefinition) {
+      node.addLeaf(GroovyTokenTypes.mNLS, "\n", result.getNode());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/optimizeImports/OptimizeImportsTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/optimizeImports/OptimizeImportsTest.groovy
index ce323a17d5d9..45819bfdb88a 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/optimizeImports/OptimizeImportsTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/optimizeImports/OptimizeImportsTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -362,4 +362,34 @@ import groovyx.gpars.GParsExecutorsPool
 GParsExecutorsPool oi
 ''')
   }
+
+  void 'test do not remove space between package and imports'() {
+    myFixture.addClass('package some; class Import {}')
+    myFixture.addClass('package some; class ImportToBeDeleted {}')
+    myFixture.addClass('package some; class OtherImport {}')
+    myFixture.configureByText('_.groovy', '''\
+package pkg
+
+import some.OtherImport
+import some.Import
+import some.ImportToBeDeleted
+
+class MyClass {
+  def a = new Import()
+  def b = new OtherImport()
+}
+''')
+    doOptimizeImports()
+    myFixture.checkResult '''\
+package pkg
+
+import some.Import
+import some.OtherImport
+
+class MyClass {
+  def a = new Import()
+  def b = new OtherImport()
+}
+'''
+  }
 }