diff --git a/lib/parser.js b/lib/parser.js
index 8c40eda0e..aeed3f099 100644
--- a/lib/parser.js
+++ b/lib/parser.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 // @ts-ignore sax will be replaced with something else later
 const SAX = require('@trysound/sax');
-const { textElems } = require('../plugins/_collections.js');
+const { textElems } = require('../plugins/_collections');
 
 class SvgoParserError extends Error {
   /**
diff --git a/lib/stringifier.js b/lib/stringifier.js
index a33814b68..8e41b8331 100644
--- a/lib/stringifier.js
+++ b/lib/stringifier.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const { textElems } = require('../plugins/_collections');
+
 /**
  * @typedef {import('./types').XastParent} XastParent
  * @typedef {import('./types').XastRoot} XastRoot
@@ -12,8 +14,6 @@
  * @typedef {import('./types').StringifyOptions} StringifyOptions
  */
 
-const { textElems } = require('../plugins/_collections.js');
-
 /**
  * @typedef {{
  *   indent: string,
diff --git a/plugins/_collections.js b/plugins/_collections.js
index 5ef493e48..6ee71612e 100644
--- a/plugins/_collections.js
+++ b/plugins/_collections.js
@@ -93,13 +93,23 @@ exports.elemsGroups = {
   ],
 };
 
-exports.textElems = exports.elemsGroups.textContent.concat('title');
+/**
+ * Elements where adding or removing whitespace may effect rendering, metadata,
+ * or semantic meaning.
+ *
+ * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/pre
+ */
+exports.textElems = [
+  ...exports.elemsGroups.textContent,
+  'title',
+  'pre'
+];
 
 exports.pathElems = ['path', 'glyph', 'missing-glyph'];
 
-// https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/intro.html#Definitions
 /**
  * @type {Record<string, Array<string>>}
+ * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/intro.html#Definitions
  */
 exports.attrsGroups = {
   animationAddition: ['additive', 'accumulate'],
@@ -363,7 +373,6 @@ exports.attrsGroupsDefaults = {
   },
 };
 
-// https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/eltindex.html
 /**
  * @type {Record<string, {
  *   attrsGroups: Array<string>,
@@ -372,6 +381,7 @@ exports.attrsGroupsDefaults = {
  *   contentGroups?: Array<string>,
  *   content?: Array<string>,
  * }>}
+ * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/eltindex.html
  */
 exports.elems = {
   a: {
@@ -1948,7 +1958,9 @@ exports.editorNamespaces = [
   'http://www.vector.evaxdesign.sk',
 ];
 
-// https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/linking.html#processingIRI
+/**
+ * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/linking.html#processingIRI
+ */
 exports.referencesProps = [
   'clip-path',
   'color-profile',
@@ -1962,7 +1974,9 @@ exports.referencesProps = [
   'style',
 ];
 
-// https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/propidx.html
+/**
+ * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/propidx.html
+ */
 exports.inheritableAttrs = [
   'clip-rule',
   'color',
@@ -2216,7 +2230,9 @@ exports.colorsShortNames = {
   '#f5deb3': 'wheat',
 };
 
-// https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/single-page.html#types-DataTypeColor
+/**
+ * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/single-page.html#types-DataTypeColor
+ */
 exports.colorsProps = [
   'color',
   'fill',
diff --git a/test/svgo/_index.test.js b/test/svgo/_index.test.js
index f21eb15c6..5ac5013b6 100644
--- a/test/svgo/_index.test.js
+++ b/test/svgo/_index.test.js
@@ -69,4 +69,19 @@ describe('svgo', () => {
     });
     expect(normalize(result.data)).toEqual(expected);
   });
+  it('should not trim whitespace at start and end of pre element', async () => {
+    const [original, expected] = await parseFixture('pre-element.svg');
+    const result = optimize(original, {
+      path: 'input.svg',
+    });
+    expect(normalize(result.data)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+  it('should not add whitespace in pre element', async () => {
+    const [original, expected] = await parseFixture('pre-element-pretty.svg');
+    const result = optimize(original, {
+      path: 'input.svg',
+      js2svg: { pretty: true },
+    });
+    expect(normalize(result.data)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/svgo/pre-element-pretty.svg b/test/svgo/pre-element-pretty.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..692bbcef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/svgo/pre-element-pretty.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 854 340">
+  <foreignObject width="100%" height="100%">
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+      <pre style="text-align:center"> OOO   PPPP   EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO   U   U  RRRR    CCCC  EEEEE
+O   O  P   P  E      NN  N  SS     O   O  U   U  R   R  C      E    
+O   O  PPPP   EEE    N N N   SSS   O   O  U   U  RRRR   C      EEE  
+O   O  P      E      N  NN     SS  O   O  U   U  R R    C      E    
+ OOO   P      EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO    UUU   R  R    CCCC  EEEEE
+
+M   M   AAA   IIIII  N   N  TTTTT   AAA   IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  RRRR 
+MM MM  A   A    I    NN  N    T    A   A    I    NN  N  E      R   R
+M M M  AAAAA    I    N N N    T    AAAAA    I    N N N  EEE    RRRR 
+M   M  A   A    I    N  NN    T    A   A    I    N  NN  E      R R  
+M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre>
+    </div>
+  </foreignObject>
+</svg>
+
+@@@
+
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 854 340">
+    <foreignObject width="100%" height="100%">
+        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+            <pre style="text-align:center"> OOO   PPPP   EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO   U   U  RRRR    CCCC  EEEEE
+O   O  P   P  E      NN  N  SS     O   O  U   U  R   R  C      E    
+O   O  PPPP   EEE    N N N   SSS   O   O  U   U  RRRR   C      EEE  
+O   O  P      E      N  NN     SS  O   O  U   U  R R    C      E    
+ OOO   P      EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO    UUU   R  R    CCCC  EEEEE
+
+M   M   AAA   IIIII  N   N  TTTTT   AAA   IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  RRRR 
+MM MM  A   A    I    NN  N    T    A   A    I    NN  N  E      R   R
+M M M  AAAAA    I    N N N    T    AAAAA    I    N N N  EEE    RRRR 
+M   M  A   A    I    N  NN    T    A   A    I    N  NN  E      R R  
+M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre>
+        </div>
+    </foreignObject>
+</svg>
diff --git a/test/svgo/pre-element.svg b/test/svgo/pre-element.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71a6f9525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/svgo/pre-element.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 854 340">
+  <foreignObject width="100%" height="100%">
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+      <pre style="text-align:center"> OOO   PPPP   EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO   U   U  RRRR    CCCC  EEEEE
+O   O  P   P  E      NN  N  SS     O   O  U   U  R   R  C      E    
+O   O  PPPP   EEE    N N N   SSS   O   O  U   U  RRRR   C      EEE  
+O   O  P      E      N  NN     SS  O   O  U   U  R R    C      E    
+ OOO   P      EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO    UUU   R  R    CCCC  EEEEE
+
+M   M   AAA   IIIII  N   N  TTTTT   AAA   IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  RRRR 
+MM MM  A   A    I    NN  N    T    A   A    I    NN  N  E      R   R
+M M M  AAAAA    I    N N N    T    AAAAA    I    N N N  EEE    RRRR 
+M   M  A   A    I    N  NN    T    A   A    I    N  NN  E      R R  
+M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre>
+    </div>
+  </foreignObject>
+</svg>
+
+@@@
+
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 854 340"><foreignObject width="100%" height="100%"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><pre style="text-align:center"> OOO   PPPP   EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO   U   U  RRRR    CCCC  EEEEE
+O   O  P   P  E      NN  N  SS     O   O  U   U  R   R  C      E    
+O   O  PPPP   EEE    N N N   SSS   O   O  U   U  RRRR   C      EEE  
+O   O  P      E      N  NN     SS  O   O  U   U  R R    C      E    
+ OOO   P      EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO    UUU   R  R    CCCC  EEEEE
+
+M   M   AAA   IIIII  N   N  TTTTT   AAA   IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  RRRR 
+MM MM  A   A    I    NN  N    T    A   A    I    NN  N  E      R   R
+M M M  AAAAA    I    N N N    T    AAAAA    I    N N N  EEE    RRRR 
+M   M  A   A    I    N  NN    T    A   A    I    N  NN  E      R R  
+M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre></div></foreignObject></svg>