diff --git a/src/rules/orderedImportsRule.ts b/src/rules/orderedImportsRule.ts
index 8316b542c36..3a2a7655391 100644
--- a/src/rules/orderedImportsRule.ts
+++ b/src/rules/orderedImportsRule.ts
@@ -538,7 +538,9 @@ class Walker extends Lint.AbstractWalker<Options> {
             if (index > 0) {
                 const prevItems = groupedDeclarations[index - 1];
                 const last = prevItems[prevItems.length - 1];
-                if (/[\r\n]+/.test(this.sourceFile.text.slice(last.nodeEndOffset, start))) {
+
+                const textFragment = this.sourceFile.text.slice(last.nodeEndOffset, start);
+                if (!/\S/.test(textFragment)) {
                     // remove whitespace between blocks
                     start = last.nodeEndOffset;
                 }
diff --git a/test/rules/ordered-imports/groups-complex/test.ts.fix b/test/rules/ordered-imports/groups-complex/test.ts.fix
index c7b2def97cd..f9ee5865e32 100644
--- a/test/rules/ordered-imports/groups-complex/test.ts.fix
+++ b/test/rules/ordered-imports/groups-complex/test.ts.fix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import './baz'; // required
 
 import {bar} from '../bar';
 import {xbar} from '../xbar';
+x.fnCall();
+
 
 
 export class Test {}
diff --git a/test/rules/ordered-imports/groups-complex/test.ts.lint b/test/rules/ordered-imports/groups-complex/test.ts.lint
index c14f4304134..36772342a19 100644
--- a/test/rules/ordered-imports/groups-complex/test.ts.lint
+++ b/test/rules/ordered-imports/groups-complex/test.ts.lint
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {foo, afoo} from 'foo';
         ~~~~~~~~~              [Named imports must be alphabetized.]
 
 import x = require('y');
+x.fnCall();
 
 import './baz'; // required
 import './baa';