diff --git a/news/linecont.rst b/news/linecont.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb5f1e21e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/linecont.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed regression with line continuations in implicit subprocess mode within
+  indented blocks of code, such as if-statements.
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/tests/test_execer.py b/tests/test_execer.py
index 75dc205e5..22e612a6d 100644
--- a/tests/test_execer.py
+++ b/tests/test_execer.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ def test_echo_line_cont():
         "echo a and \\\necho b\n",
         "echo a \\\n or echo b\n",
         "echo a \\\n or echo b and \\\n echo c\n",
+        "if True:\\\n    echo a \\\n    b\n",
     ],
 )
 def test_two_echo_line_cont(code):
diff --git a/xonsh/execer.py b/xonsh/execer.py
index d46b290eb..1815a5b91 100644
--- a/xonsh/execer.py
+++ b/xonsh/execer.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from xonsh.tools import (
     get_logical_line,
     replace_logical_line,
     balanced_parens,
+    starting_whitespace,
 )
 from xonsh.built_ins import load_builtins, unload_builtins, load_proxies, unload_proxies
 
@@ -207,6 +208,9 @@ class Execer(object):
         greedy = False
         if filename is None:
             filename = self.filename
+        if logical_input:
+            beg_spaces = starting_whitespace(input)
+            input = input[len(beg_spaces) :]
         while not parsed:
             try:
                 tree = self.parser.parse(
@@ -313,4 +317,6 @@ class Execer(object):
                 replace_logical_line(lines, sbpline, idx, nlogical)
                 last_error_col += 3
                 input = "\n".join(lines)
+        if logical_input:
+            input = beg_spaces + input
         return tree, input
diff --git a/xonsh/tools.py b/xonsh/tools.py
index 0347cc502..58fad0323 100644
--- a/xonsh/tools.py
+++ b/xonsh/tools.py
@@ -616,6 +616,16 @@ def subexpr_before_unbalanced(expr, ltok, rtok):
     return subexpr
 
 
+@lazyobject
+def STARTING_WHITESPACE_RE():
+    return re.compile(r"^(\s*)")
+
+
+def starting_whitespace(s):
+    """Returns the whitespace at the start of a string"""
+    return STARTING_WHITESPACE_RE.match(s).group(1)
+
+
 def decode(s, encoding=None):
     encoding = encoding or DEFAULT_ENCODING
     return s.decode(encoding, "replace")