diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/BreakNode.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/BreakNode.h
index 80ec3ed773..4276b4eaee 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/BreakNode.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/BreakNode.h
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ public:
     const HTML::HTMLBRElement& dom_node() const { return verify_cast<HTML::HTMLBRElement>(*Node::dom_node()); }
 
 private:
+    virtual bool is_break_node() const final { return true; }
     virtual void paint(PaintContext&, PaintPhase) override;
 
     virtual void split_into_lines(InlineFormattingContext&, LayoutMode) override;
 };
 
+template<>
+inline bool Node::fast_is<BreakNode>() const { return is_break_node(); }
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.cpp
index de4d900ad4..50a65af787 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
  */
 
 #include <AK/CharacterTypes.h>
+#include <AK/TypeCasts.h>
 #include <AK/Utf8View.h>
 #include <LibWeb/Layout/Box.h>
+#include <LibWeb/Layout/BreakNode.h>
 #include <LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.h>
 #include <LibWeb/Layout/Node.h>
 #include <LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.h>
@@ -61,9 +63,13 @@ bool LineBox::is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace() const
 {
     if (m_fragments.is_empty())
         return true;
-    if (m_fragments.last().length() == 0)
-        return true;
+
     return m_fragments.last().ends_in_whitespace();
 }
 
+bool LineBox::ends_with_forced_line_break() const
+{
+    return is<BreakNode>(m_fragments.last().layout_node());
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.h
index 77fab5346c..6e6a3b3cd9 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LineBox.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
     void trim_trailing_whitespace();
 
     bool is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace() const;
+    bool ends_with_forced_line_break() const;
 
 private:
     friend class BlockContainer;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/Node.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/Node.h
index f9d384f190..f466652439 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/Node.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/Node.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public:
     // These are used to optimize hot is<T> variants for some classes where dynamic_cast is too slow.
     virtual bool is_box() const { return false; }
     virtual bool is_block_container() const { return false; }
+    virtual bool is_break_node() const { return false; }
     virtual bool is_text_node() const { return false; }
     virtual bool is_initial_containing_block_box() const { return false; }
     virtual bool is_svg_box() const { return false; }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.cpp
index 76dc291508..e2aec8e005 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TextNode.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void TextNode::split_into_lines_by_rules(InlineFormattingContext& context, Layou
 
         float chunk_width;
         if (do_wrap_lines) {
-            if (do_collapse && is_ascii_space(*chunk.view.begin()) && line_boxes.last().is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace()) {
+            if (do_collapse && is_ascii_space(*chunk.view.begin()) && (line_boxes.last().is_empty_or_ends_in_whitespace() || line_boxes.last().ends_with_forced_line_break())) {
                 // This is a non-empty chunk that starts with collapsible whitespace.
                 // We are at either at the start of a new line, or after something that ended in whitespace,
                 // so we don't need to contribute our own whitespace to the line. Skip over it instead!