diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb743df759..d417998600 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -681,6 +681,11 @@
           "default": true,
           "description": "Adds a space before and after the pipeline operator ('|')."
         },
+        "powershell.codeFormatting.trimWhitespaceAroundPipe": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Trims extraneous whitespace (more than 1 character) before and after the pipeline operator ('|')."
+        },
         "powershell.codeFormatting.ignoreOneLineBlock": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": true,
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index a8e931aaf8..ad7173a4e9 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export interface ICodeFormattingSettings {
     whitespaceAfterSeparator: boolean;
     whitespaceInsideBrace: true;
     whitespaceAroundPipe: true;
+    trimWhitespaceAroundPipe: false;
     ignoreOneLineBlock: boolean;
     alignPropertyValuePairs: boolean;
     useCorrectCasing: boolean;
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ export function load(): ISettings {
         whitespaceAfterSeparator: true,
         whitespaceInsideBrace: true,
         whitespaceAroundPipe: true,
+        trimWhitespaceAroundPipe: false,
         ignoreOneLineBlock: true,
         alignPropertyValuePairs: true,
         useCorrectCasing: false,