diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 226a6ad..50b09a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ let minified = minify("a {}");
 let formatted_mini = format("a {}", { minify: true });
 ```
 
+## Tab size
+
+For cases where you cannot control the tab size with CSS there is an option to override the default tabbed indentation with N spaces.
+
+```js
+import { format } from "@projectwallace/format-css";
+
+let formatted = format("a { color: red; }", {
+	tab_size: 2
+});
+```
+
 ## Acknowledgements
 
 - Thanks to [CSSTree](https://github.com/csstree/csstree) for providing the necessary parser and the interfaces for our CSS Types (the **bold** elements in the list above)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 87325e2..5db76b7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -34,13 +34,22 @@ function lowercase(str) {
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} Options
  * @property {boolean} [minify] Whether to minify the CSS or keep it formatted
+ * @property {number} [tab_size] Tell the formatter to use N spaces instead of tabs
  *
  * Format a string of CSS using some simple rules
  * @param {string} css The original CSS
  * @param {Options} options
  * @returns {string} The formatted CSS
  */
-export function format(css, { minify = false } = {}) {
+export function format(css, {
+	minify = false,
+	tab_size = undefined,
+} = Object.create(null)) {
+
+	if (tab_size !== undefined && Number(tab_size) < 1) {
+		throw new TypeError('tab_size must be a number greater than 0')
+	}
+
 	/** @type {number[]} */
 	let comments = []
 
@@ -64,10 +73,16 @@ export function format(css, { minify = false } = {}) {
 	/**
 	 * Indent a string
 	 * @param {number} size
-	 * @returns {string} A string with {size} tabs
+	 * @returns {string} A string with [size] tabs/spaces
 	 */
 	function indent(size) {
-		return minify ? EMPTY_STRING : '\t'.repeat(size)
+		if (minify) return EMPTY_STRING
+
+		if (tab_size) {
+			return SPACE.repeat(tab_size * size)
+		}
+
+		return '\t'.repeat(size)
 	}
 
 	/** @param {import('css-tree').CssNode} node */
diff --git a/test/tab-size.js b/test/tab-size.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..931a4c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tab-size.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { suite } from 'uvu'
+import * as assert from 'uvu/assert'
+import { format } from '../index.js'
+
+let test = suite('Tab Size')
+
+let fixture = `
+	selector {
+		color: red;
+	}
+`
+
+test('tab_size: 2', () => {
+	let actual = format(`
+		selector {
+			color: red;
+		}
+
+		@media (min-width: 100px) {
+			selector {
+				color: blue;
+			}
+		}
+	`, { tab_size: 2 })
+	let expected = `selector {
+  color: red;
+}
+
+@media (min-width: 100px) {
+  selector {
+    color: blue;
+  }
+}`
+	assert.equal(actual, expected)
+})
+
+test('invalid tab_size: 0', () => {
+	assert.throws(() => format(fixture, { tab_size: 0 }))
+})
+
+test('invalid tab_size: negative', () => {
+	assert.throws(() => format(fixture, { tab_size: -1 }))
+})
+
+test('combine tab_size and minify', () => {
+	let actual = format(fixture, {
+		tab_size: 2,
+		minify: true
+	})
+	let expected = `selector{color:red}`
+	assert.equal(actual, expected)
+})
+
+test.run()