diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
index 3ae1b11d5805debc6ef8f0230dc433e8aa1a3058..e79689ede205ed4594a8edb4f4678785136f0dff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanifesteditorwidget.cpp
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ void AndroidManifestEditorWidget::syncToEditor()
     }
 
 
-    QString newText = doc.toString();
+    QString newText = doc.toString(4);
     if (newText == toPlainText())
         return;