diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Syntax/SyntaxNormalizer.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Syntax/SyntaxNormalizer.cs
index 79bff6b40b8b3..d5f482bb80f08 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Syntax/SyntaxNormalizer.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Syntax/SyntaxNormalizer.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
-using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Symbols;
-using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PooledObjects;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
 using Roslyn.Utilities;
@@ -604,7 +602,8 @@ private static bool NeedsSeparator(SyntaxToken token, SyntaxToken next)
             if (next.IsKind(SyntaxKind.ColonToken))
             {
                 if (next.Parent.IsKind(SyntaxKind.BaseList) ||
-                    next.Parent.IsKind(SyntaxKind.TypeParameterConstraintClause))
+                    next.Parent.IsKind(SyntaxKind.TypeParameterConstraintClause) ||
+                    next.Parent is ConstructorInitializerSyntax)
                 {
                     return true;
                 }
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Syntax/Syntax/SyntaxNormalizerTests.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Syntax/Syntax/SyntaxNormalizerTests.cs
index 9def10856ffca..3b57464ac3a0f 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Syntax/Syntax/SyntaxNormalizerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Syntax/Syntax/SyntaxNormalizerTests.cs
@@ -540,12 +540,12 @@ public void TestSpacingOnInvocationLikeKeywords()
             // no space between this and (
             TestNormalizeDeclaration(
                 "class C { C() : this () { } }",
-                "class C\r\n{\r\n  C(): this()\r\n  {\r\n  }\r\n}");
+                "class C\r\n{\r\n  C() : this()\r\n  {\r\n  }\r\n}");
 
             // no space between base and (
             TestNormalizeDeclaration(
                 "class C { C() : base () { } }",
-                "class C\r\n{\r\n  C(): base()\r\n  {\r\n  }\r\n}");
+                "class C\r\n{\r\n  C() : base()\r\n  {\r\n  }\r\n}");
 
             // no space between checked and (
             TestNormalizeExpression("checked (a)", "checked(a)");
@@ -920,6 +920,35 @@ public void TestNormalizeFunctionPointerWithUnmanagedCallingConventionAndSpecifi
             TestNormalizeDeclaration(content, expected);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        [WorkItem(53254, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/53254")]
+        public void TestNormalizeColonInConstructorInitializer()
+        {
+            var content =
+@"class Base
+{
+}
+
+class Derived : Base
+{
+  public Derived():base(){}
+}";
+
+            var expected =
+@"class Base
+{
+}
+
+class Derived : Base
+{
+  public Derived() : base()
+  {
+  }
+}";
+
+            TestNormalizeDeclaration(content, expected);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         [WorkItem(49732, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/49732")]
         public void TestNormalizeXmlInDocComment()
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/CSharpTest/CodeGeneration/SyntaxGeneratorTests.cs b/src/Workspaces/CSharpTest/CodeGeneration/SyntaxGeneratorTests.cs
index 013e0dd620b23..8635e1da7e696 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/CSharpTest/CodeGeneration/SyntaxGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/CSharpTest/CodeGeneration/SyntaxGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ public void TestConstructorDeclaration()
                 Generator.ConstructorDeclaration("c",
                     parameters: new[] { Generator.ParameterDeclaration("p", Generator.IdentifierName("t")) },
                     baseConstructorArguments: new[] { Generator.IdentifierName("p") }),
-                "c(t p): base(p)\r\n{\r\n}");
+                "c(t p) : base(p)\r\n{\r\n}");
         }
 
         [Fact]