Index: lib/rexml/document.rb
===================================================================
--- lib/rexml/document.rb	(revision 18748)
+++ lib/rexml/document.rb	(working copy)
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
       end
       formatter = if indent > -1
           if transitive
+            require "rexml/formatters/transitive"
             REXML::Formatters::Transitive.new( indent, ie_hack )
           else
             REXML::Formatters::Pretty.new( indent, ie_hack )
Index: lib/rexml/element.rb
===================================================================
--- lib/rexml/element.rb	(revision 19271)
+++ lib/rexml/element.rb	(working copy)
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@
       Kernel.warn("#{self.class.name}.write is deprecated.  See REXML::Formatters")
       formatter = if indent > -1
           if transitive
+            require "rexml/formatters/transitive"
             REXML::Formatters::Transitive.new( indent, ie_hack )
           else
             REXML::Formatters::Pretty.new( indent, ie_hack )
Index: lib/rexml/formatters/transitive.rb
===================================================================
--- lib/rexml/formatters/transitive.rb	(revision 19271)
+++ lib/rexml/formatters/transitive.rb	(working copy)
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
     # formatted.  Since this formatter does not alter whitespace nodes, the
     # results of formatting already formatted XML will be odd.
     class Transitive < Default
-      def initialize( indentation=2 )
+      def initialize( indentation=2, ie_hack=false )
         @indentation = indentation
         @level = 0
+        @ie_hack = ie_hack
       end
 
       protected
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
         output << "\n"
         output << ' '*@level
         if node.children.empty?
+          output << " " if @ie_hack
           output << "/" 
         else
           output << ">"