diff --git a/scour/scour.py b/scour/scour.py
index 51cc248..da212fb 100644
--- a/scour/scour.py
+++ b/scour/scour.py
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@ def serializeXML(element, options, ind = 0, preserveWhitespace = False):
       attrValue = makeWellFormed( attr.nodeValue )
       if attr.nodeName == 'style':
           # sort declarations
-          attrValue = '; '.join([p for p in sorted(attrValue.split(';'))])
+          attrValue = ';'.join([p for p in sorted(attrValue.split(';'))])
 
       outParts.append(' ')
       # preserve xmlns: if it is a namespace prefix declaration
diff --git a/testscour.py b/testscour.py
index e97f252..28b3148 100755
--- a/testscour.py
+++ b/testscour.py
@@ -1589,6 +1589,13 @@ class DocWithNoFlowtext(unittest.TestCase):
         except Exception as e:
             self.fail("exception '{}' was raised, and we didn't expect that!".format(e))
 
+
+class ParseStyleAttribute(unittest.TestCase):
+	def runTest(self):
+		doc = scour.scourXmlFile('unittests/style.svg')
+		self.assertEqual(doc.documentElement.getAttribute('style'), 'property1:value1;property2:value2;property3:value3',
+			'Style attribute not properly parsed and/or serialized')
+
 # TODO: write tests for --enable-viewboxing
 # TODO; write a test for embedding rasters
 # TODO: write a test for --disable-embed-rasters
diff --git a/unittests/style.svg b/unittests/style.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfe5b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/style.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="  ; ;;property1:   value1 ;   ;; property2   :value2; property3 : value3 ;;; ;"></svg>