diff --git a/src/drawline.c b/src/drawline.c
index a8739fe..59c62c7 100644
--- a/src/drawline.c
+++ b/src/drawline.c
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@
     {
 	if (wp->w_lcs_chars.space
 		|| wp->w_lcs_chars.multispace != NULL
+		|| wp->w_lcs_chars.leadmultispace != NULL
 		|| wp->w_lcs_chars.trail
 		|| wp->w_lcs_chars.lead
 		|| wp->w_lcs_chars.nbsp)
@@ -781,7 +782,7 @@
 	    trailcol += (colnr_T) (ptr - line);
 	}
 	// find end of leading whitespace
-	if (wp->w_lcs_chars.lead)
+	if (wp->w_lcs_chars.lead || wp->w_lcs_chars.leadmultispace != NULL)
 	{
 	    leadcol = 0;
 	    while (VIM_ISWHITE(ptr[leadcol]))
@@ -2118,8 +2119,24 @@
 		if ((trailcol != MAXCOL && ptr > line + trailcol && c == ' ')
 			|| (leadcol != 0 && ptr < line + leadcol && c == ' '))
 		{
-		    c = (ptr > line + trailcol) ? wp->w_lcs_chars.trail
-							: wp->w_lcs_chars.lead;
+		    if (leadcol != 0 && in_multispace && ptr < line + leadcol
+			    && wp->w_lcs_chars.leadmultispace != NULL)
+		    {
+			c = wp->w_lcs_chars.leadmultispace[multispace_pos++];
+			if (wp->w_lcs_chars.leadmultispace[multispace_pos] == NUL)
+			    multispace_pos = 0;
+		    }
+
+		    else if (ptr > line + trailcol && wp->w_lcs_chars.trail)
+			c = wp->w_lcs_chars.trail;
+
+		    else if (ptr < line + leadcol && wp->w_lcs_chars.lead)
+			c = wp->w_lcs_chars.lead;
+
+		    else if (leadcol != 0 && c == ' ' && wp->w_lcs_chars.space)
+			c = wp->w_lcs_chars.space;
+
+
 		    if (!attr_pri)
 		    {
 			n_attr = 1;