diff --git a/lib/compass/sprite_importer.rb b/lib/compass/sprite_importer.rb
index 9478a0fe..3914cf67 100644
--- a/lib/compass/sprite_importer.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/sprite_importer.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ require 'erb'
 require 'compass/sprite_importer/binding'
 module Compass
   class SpriteImporter < Sass::Importers::Base
-    VAILD_FILE_NAME = /\A#{Sass::SCSS::RX::IDENT}\Z/
+    VAILD_FILE_NAME       = /\A#{Sass::SCSS::RX::IDENT}\Z/
     SPRITE_IMPORTER_REGEX = %r{((.+/)?([^\*.]+))/(.+?)\.png}
-    VALID_EXTENSIONS = ['.png']
+    VALID_EXTENSIONS      = ['.png']
     
-    TEMPLATE_FOLDER = File.join(File.expand_path('../', __FILE__), 'sprite_importer')
+    TEMPLATE_FOLDER       = File.join(File.expand_path('../', __FILE__), 'sprite_importer')
     CONTENT_TEMPLATE_FILE = File.join(TEMPLATE_FOLDER, 'content.erb')
-    CONTENT_TEMPLATE = ERB.new(File.read(CONTENT_TEMPLATE_FILE))
+    CONTENT_TEMPLATE      = ERB.new(File.read(CONTENT_TEMPLATE_FILE))
 
 
 
diff --git a/lib/compass/sprite_importer/content.erb b/lib/compass/sprite_importer/content.erb
index ccc6144e..27400bed 100644
--- a/lib/compass/sprite_importer/content.erb
+++ b/lib/compass/sprite_importer/content.erb
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 
 // General Sprite Defaults
 // You can override them before you import this file.
-$<%= name %>-sprite-base-class: ".<%= name %>-sprite" !default;
-$<%= name %>-sprite-dimensions: false !default;
-$<%= name %>-position: 0% !default;
-$<%= name %>-spacing: 0 !default;
-$<%= name %>-repeat: no-repeat !default;
-$<%= name %>-prefix: '' !default;
-$<%= name %>-clean-up: true !default;
-$<%= name %>-layout:vertical !default;
-$<%= name %>-inline: false !default;
+$<%= name %>-sprite-base-class : ".<%= name %>-sprite" !default;
+$<%= name %>-sprite-dimensions : false !default;
+$<%= name %>-position          : 0% !default;
+$<%= name %>-spacing           : 0 !default;
+$<%= name %>-repeat            : no-repeat !default;
+$<%= name %>-prefix            : '' !default;
+$<%= name %>-clean-up          : true !default;
+$<%= name %>-layout            : vertical !default;
+$<%= name %>-inline            : false !default;
 
 <% if skip_overrides %> 
-  $<%= name %>-sprites: sprite-map("<%= uri %>", $layout: $<%= name %>-layout, $cleanup: $<%= name %>-clean-up);
+  $<%= name %>-sprites: sprite-map("<%= uri %>", $layout: $<%= name %>-layout, $cleanup: $<%= name %>-clean-up, $spacing: $<%= name %>-spacing, $position : $<%= name %>-position);
 <% else %>  
  // These variables control the generated sprite output
  // You can override them selectively before you import this file.
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ $<%= name %>-inline: false !default;
    $<%= name %>-<%= sprite_name %>-spacing:  $<%= name %>-<%= sprite_name %>-spacing, 
    $<%= name %>-<%= sprite_name %>-repeat:   $<%= name %>-<%= sprite_name %>-repeat,
  <% end %>
- $layout: $<%= name %>-layout,
- $cleanup: $<%= name %>-clean-up
+ $layout   : $<%= name %>-layout,
+ $cleanup  : $<%= name %>-clean-up,
+ $spacing  : $<%= name %>-spacing,
+ $position : $<%= name %>-position
  );
 <% end %>
 
diff --git a/test/integrations/sprites_test.rb b/test/integrations/sprites_test.rb
index 3195ad44..f0dfbada 100644
--- a/test/integrations/sprites_test.rb
+++ b/test/integrations/sprites_test.rb
@@ -863,4 +863,24 @@ class SpritesTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   end
 
+  it "should respect global spacing" do
+    css = render <<-SCSS
+      $colors-spacing:5px;
+      @import "colors/*.png";
+      @include all-colors-sprites;
+    SCSS
+    other_css = <<-CSS
+      .colors-sprite, .colors-blue, .colors-yellow {
+        background: url('/colors-s747dec274e.png') no-repeat;
+      }
+      .colors-blue { 
+        background-position:0 0;
+      }
+      .colors-yellow {
+        background-position:0 -15px;
+      }
+    CSS
+    assert_correct clean(css), clean(other_css)
+  end
+
 end