diff --git a/doc/config_settings.xml b/doc/config_settings.xml
index af9ab3f7..c98adccc 100644
--- a/doc/config_settings.xml
+++ b/doc/config_settings.xml
@@ -1038,6 +1038,15 @@
         Zero makes Conky run forever.
         <para /></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+            <command>
+                <option>units_spacer</option>
+            </command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>String to place between values and units. (default: empty)
+        <para /></listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
         <term>
             <command>
diff --git a/src/conky.cc b/src/conky.cc
index 47f510fe..de1bbbf7 100644
--- a/src/conky.cc
+++ b/src/conky.cc
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ static conky::simple_config_setting<bool> short_units("short_units", false,
                                                       true);
 static conky::simple_config_setting<bool> format_human_readable(
     "format_human_readable", true, true);
+conky::simple_config_setting<std::string> units_spacer("units_spacer", "",
+                                                       false);
 
 conky::simple_config_setting<bool> out_to_stdout("out_to_console",
 // Default value is false, unless we are building without X
@@ -613,16 +615,17 @@ void human_readable(long long num, char *buf, int size) {
     return;
   }
   if (short_units.get(*state)) {
-    width = 6;
-    format = "%.*f %.1s";
+    width = 5;
+    format = "%.*f%s%.1s";
   } else {
-    width = 8;
-    format = "%.*f %-.3s";
+    width = 7;
+    format = "%.*f%s%-.3s";
   }
+  width += strlen(units_spacer.get(*state).c_str());
 
   if (llabs(num) < 1000LL) {
     spaced_print(buf, size, format, width, 0, static_cast<float>(num),
-                 _(*suffix));
+                 units_spacer.get(*state).c_str(), _(*suffix));
     return;
   }
 
@@ -655,7 +658,8 @@ void human_readable(long long num, char *buf, int size) {
   if (fnum < 99.95) { precision = 1; /* print 10-99 with one decimal place */ }
   if (fnum < 9.995) { precision = 2; /* print 0-9 with two decimal places */ }
 
-  spaced_print(buf, size, format, width, precision, fnum, _(*suffix));
+  spaced_print(buf, size, format, width, precision, fnum,
+               units_spacer.get(*state).c_str(), _(*suffix));
 }
 
 /* global object list root element */