diff --git a/test/doxygen/autodoc.gold b/test/doxygen/autodoc.gold
index 95c8181..58434b1 100644
--- a/test/doxygen/autodoc.gold
+++ b/test/doxygen/autodoc.gold
@@ -63,8 +63,22 @@ Embedded docbook list:</para><para>
 <listitem><para>Second list item</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 Line 1<sbr/>
- Line 2</para><para><programlisting language="c++">void foo() {}
-</programlisting></para><para>
+Line 2</para><para><programlisting language="c++">void foo() {}
+void foo2() {}
+</programlisting></para><para><programlisting language="c++">void bar() {}
+
+void bar2() {}
+</programlisting></para><para>Alternative way of writing code, has a complicated workaround because doxygen treats the empty line as a paragraph separator:</para><programlisting>
+int bar();
+
+int bar2();
+</programlisting><para>Unfortunately the workaround will merge consecutive blocks, like this:</para><programlisting>
+int foo();
+
+
+
+int foo2();
+</programlisting><para>
 </para></description></struct><struct name="specialization_test"><template>
       <template-type-parameter name="T"/>
     </template></struct><struct-specialization name="specialization_test"><template>
diff --git a/test/doxygen/boost/example.hpp b/test/doxygen/boost/example.hpp
index 629a6d9..9b32da0 100644
--- a/test/doxygen/boost/example.hpp
+++ b/test/doxygen/boost/example.hpp
@@ -153,8 +153,36 @@ namespace example
      *
      * \code
      *     void foo() {}
+     *     void foo2() {}
      * \endcode
      *
+     * \code
+     *     void bar() {}
+     *
+     *     void bar2() {}
+     * \endcode
+     *
+     * Alternative way of writing code, has a complicated workaround
+     * because doxygen treats the empty line as a paragraph
+     * separator:
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * int bar();
+     *
+     * int bar2();
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * Unfortunately the workaround will merge consecutive blocks,
+     * like this:
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * int foo();
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     * int foo2();
+     * </pre>
+     *
      * \tparam TypeParameter A template parameter
      * \tparam NonTypeParameter This is a non-type template parameter
      * \tparam TypeParameterWithDefault This is a template parameter with a default argument
diff --git a/xsl/doxygen/doxygen2boostbook.xsl b/xsl/doxygen/doxygen2boostbook.xsl
index 577484b..5d68930 100644
--- a/xsl/doxygen/doxygen2boostbook.xsl
+++ b/xsl/doxygen/doxygen2boostbook.xsl
@@ -1726,11 +1726,11 @@
 
         <!-- Adjacent para nodes' children.
              Based on code at: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2092144 -->
-        <xsl:variable name="program_paragraphs" select="following-sibling::para[preformatted][count(preformatted)=count(*)]" />
+        <xsl:variable name="following-siblings" select="following-sibling::*" />
         <xsl:for-each select="following-sibling::para[preformatted][count(preformatted)=count(*)]">
           <xsl:variable name="index" select="position()"/>
-          <xsl:if test="generate-id(.)=generate-id($program_paragraphs[$index])">
-            <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
+          <xsl:if test="generate-id(.)=generate-id($following-siblings[$index])">
+            <xsl:text>&#xa;&#xa;</xsl:text>
             <xsl:apply-templates mode="passthrough" select="./preformatted/node()"/>
           </xsl:if>
         </xsl:for-each>