diff --git a/question/format/gift/format.php b/question/format/gift/format.php
index 156d4a888a0..19cd9e89b32 100644
--- a/question/format/gift/format.php
+++ b/question/format/gift/format.php
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class qformat_gift extends qformat_default {
             }
         }
 
-        $text = trim(implode(' ', $lines));
+        $text = trim(implode("\n", $lines));
 
         if ($text == '') {
             return false;
diff --git a/question/format/gift/tests/behat/import.feature b/question/format/gift/tests/behat/import.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89873cb395d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/question/format/gift/tests/behat/import.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+@qtype @qformat_gift
+Feature: Test importing questions from GIFT format.
+  In order to reuse questions
+  As an teacher
+  I need to be able to import them in GIFT format.
+
+  Background:
+    Given the following "courses" exist:
+      | fullname | shortname | format |
+      | Course 1 | C1        | topics |
+    And the following "users" exist:
+      | username | firstname |
+      | teacher  | Teacher   |
+    And the following "course enrolments" exist:
+      | user    | course | role           |
+      | teacher | C1     | editingteacher |
+    And I log in as "teacher"
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+
+  @javascript @_file_upload
+  Scenario: import some GIFT questions
+    When I navigate to "Import" node in "Course administration > Question bank"
+    And I set the field "id_format_gift" to "1"
+    And I upload "question/format/gift/tests/fixtures/questions.gift.txt" file to "Import" filemanager
+    And I press "id_submitbutton"
+    Then I should see "Parsing questions from import file."
+    And I should see "Importing 9 questions from file"
+    And I should see "What's between orange and green in the spectrum?"
+    When I press "Continue"
+    Then I should see "colours"
diff --git a/question/format/gift/tests/giftformat_test.php b/question/format/gift/tests/giftformat_test.php
index 0235afbb9de..9c7bc05d3d2 100644
--- a/question/format/gift/tests/giftformat_test.php
+++ b/question/format/gift/tests/giftformat_test.php
@@ -1070,4 +1070,49 @@ FALSE#42 is the Ultimate Answer.#You gave the right answer.}";
 
         $this->assert(new question_check_specified_fields_expectation($expectedq), $q);
     }
+
+    public function test_import_pre_content() {
+        $gift = '
+::Q001::[html]<p>What would running the test method print?</p>
+<pre>
+    public void test() \{
+        method1();
+        method2();
+        method3();
+    \}
+</pre>
+{}';
+        $lines = preg_split('/[\\n\\r]/', str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $gift));
+
+        $importer = new qformat_gift();
+        $q = $importer->readquestion($lines);
+
+        $expectedq = (object) array(
+            'name' => 'Q001',
+            'questiontext' => '<p>What would running the test method print?</p>
+<pre>
+    public void test() {
+        method1();
+        method2();
+        method3();
+    }
+</pre>',
+            'questiontextformat' => FORMAT_HTML,
+            'generalfeedback' => '',
+            'generalfeedbackformat' => FORMAT_HTML,
+            'qtype' => 'essay',
+            'defaultmark' => 1,
+            'penalty' => 0.3333333,
+            'length' => 1,
+            'responseformat' => 'editor',
+            'responsefieldlines' => 15,
+            'attachments' => 0,
+            'graderinfo' => array(
+                'text' => '',
+                'format' => FORMAT_HTML,
+                'files' => array()),
+        );
+
+        $this->assert(new question_check_specified_fields_expectation($expectedq), $q);
+    }
 }