diff --git a/astylerc b/astylerc
index 5fe7ea2a692f3923a99b1d7502341a6f3ec5874e..7f14310574b90b9d41b3065853175a0edf06b0b6 100644
--- a/astylerc
+++ b/astylerc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ break-blocks        # Pad empty lines around header blocks (e.g. 'if', 'while'..
 brackets=linux
 unpad-paren         # Remove unwanted space around parentheses
 pad-header          # Insert space padding after paren headers only (e.g. 'if', 'for', 'while'...)
+pad-oper            # Insert space padding around operator
 formatted           # only display files that have changed
 recursive           # recursively enter subdirs
 suffix=none         # don't create backup files (that's what version control is for)