diff --git a/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/YamlConfig.java b/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/YamlConfig.java
index bea4c7a..12e5fe1 100644
--- a/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/YamlConfig.java
+++ b/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/YamlConfig.java
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ public void setFlowStyle(boolean flowStyle) {
 		public boolean isFlowStyle() {
 			return flowStyle;
 		}
+
+		/** If true, the YAML output will be pretty flow. Default is false. */
+		public void setPrettyFlow(boolean prettyFlow) {
+			emitterConfig.setPrettyFlow(prettyFlow);
+		}
 	}
 
 	static public class ReadConfig {
diff --git a/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/emitter/Emitter.java b/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/emitter/Emitter.java
index a8d038b..16735dc 100644
--- a/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/emitter/Emitter.java
+++ b/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/emitter/Emitter.java
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ public void expect () throws IOException {
 					writer.writeIndicator("]", false, false, false);
 					state = states.remove(0);
 				} else {
+					if (config.prettyFlow) {
+						writer.writeIndent(flowLevel * config.indentSize);
+					}
 					if (config.canonical || writer.column > config.wrapColumn) writer.writeIndent(indent);
 					states.add(0, S_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ITEM);
 					expectNode(false, true, false, false);
@@ -213,6 +216,9 @@ public void expect () throws IOException {
 				if (event.type == SEQUENCE_END) {
 					indent = indents.remove(0);
 					flowLevel--;
+					if (config.prettyFlow) {
+						writer.writeIndent(flowLevel * config.indentSize);
+					}
 					if (config.canonical) {
 						writer.writeIndent(indent);
 					}
@@ -220,6 +226,9 @@ public void expect () throws IOException {
 					state = states.remove(0);
 				} else {
 					writer.writeIndicator(",", false, false, false);
+					if (config.prettyFlow) {
+						writer.writeIndent(flowLevel * config.indentSize);
+					}
 					if (config.canonical || writer.column > config.wrapColumn) writer.writeIndent(indent);
 					states.add(0, S_FLOW_SEQUENCE_ITEM);
 					expectNode(false, true, false, false);
@@ -234,6 +243,9 @@ public void expect () throws IOException {
 					writer.writeIndicator("}", false, false, false);
 					state = states.remove(0);
 				} else {
+					if (config.prettyFlow) {
+						writer.writeIndent(flowLevel * config.indentSize);
+					}
 					if (config.canonical || writer.column > config.wrapColumn) writer.writeIndent(indent);
 					if (!config.canonical && checkSimpleKey()) {
 						states.add(0, S_FLOW_MAPPING_SIMPLE_VALUE);
@@ -266,6 +278,9 @@ public void expect () throws IOException {
 				if (event.type == MAPPING_END) {
 					indent = indents.remove(0);
 					flowLevel--;
+					if (config.prettyFlow) {
+						writer.writeIndent(flowLevel * config.indentSize);
+					}
 					if (config.canonical) {
 						writer.writeIndent(indent);
 					}
@@ -273,6 +288,9 @@ public void expect () throws IOException {
 					state = states.remove(0);
 				} else {
 					writer.writeIndicator(",", false, false, false);
+					if (config.prettyFlow) {
+						writer.writeIndent(flowLevel * config.indentSize);
+					}
 					if (config.canonical || writer.column > config.wrapColumn) writer.writeIndent(indent);
 					if (!config.canonical && checkSimpleKey()) {
 						states.add(0, S_FLOW_MAPPING_SIMPLE_VALUE);
diff --git a/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/emitter/EmitterConfig.java b/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/emitter/EmitterConfig.java
index bd80c99..5e313b5 100644
--- a/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/emitter/EmitterConfig.java
+++ b/src/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/emitter/EmitterConfig.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class EmitterConfig {
 	int indentSize = 3;
 	int wrapColumn = 100;
 	boolean escapeUnicode = true;
+	boolean prettyFlow;
 
 	/** If true, the YAML output will be canonical. Default is false. */
 	public void setCanonical (boolean canonical) {
@@ -50,4 +51,9 @@ public void setUseVerbatimTags (boolean useVerbatimTags) {
 	public void setEscapeUnicode (boolean escapeUnicode) {
 		this.escapeUnicode = escapeUnicode;
 	}
+
+	/** If true, the YAML output will be pretty flow. Default is false. */
+	public void setPrettyFlow(boolean prettyFlow) {
+		this.prettyFlow = prettyFlow;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/YamlConfigTest.java b/test/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/YamlConfigTest.java
index aaa929c..780d7a8 100644
--- a/test/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/YamlConfigTest.java
+++ b/test/com/esotericsoftware/yamlbeans/YamlConfigTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -502,7 +503,6 @@ public void testSetQuoteChar() throws YamlException {
 		yamlWriter = new YamlWriter(stringWriter, yamlConfig);
 		yamlWriter.write("test\ntest");
 		yamlWriter.close();
-		System.out.println(stringWriter.toString());
 		assertEquals("|-" + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   test" + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   test" + LINE_SEPARATOR,
 				stringWriter.toString());
 
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ public void testSetQuoteChar() throws YamlException {
 		yamlWriter = new YamlWriter(stringWriter, yamlConfig);
 		yamlWriter.write("test\ntest");
 		yamlWriter.close();
-		System.out.println(stringWriter.toString());
 		assertEquals(">-" + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   test" + LINE_SEPARATOR + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   test" + LINE_SEPARATOR,
 				stringWriter.toString());
 	}
@@ -603,6 +602,47 @@ public void testSetFlowStyle() throws YamlException {
 		assertEquals("{key: value}" + LINE_SEPARATOR, stringWriter.toString());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testSetPrettyFlow() throws YamlException {
+		Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
+		map.put("key1", "value1");
+		map.put("key2", "value2");
+
+		List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
+		list.add("111");
+		list.add("222");
+		list.add("333");
+
+		yamlConfig.writeConfig.setWriteRootTags(false);
+		yamlConfig.writeConfig.setFlowStyle(true);
+		StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+		YamlWriter yamlWriter = new YamlWriter(stringWriter, yamlConfig);
+		yamlWriter.write(map);
+		yamlWriter.close();
+		assertEquals("{key1: value1, key2: value2}" + LINE_SEPARATOR, stringWriter.toString());
+
+		stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+		yamlWriter = new YamlWriter(stringWriter, yamlConfig);
+		yamlWriter.write(list);
+		yamlWriter.close();
+		assertEquals("[111, 222, 333]" + LINE_SEPARATOR, stringWriter.toString());
+
+		yamlConfig.writeConfig.setPrettyFlow(true);
+		stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+		yamlWriter = new YamlWriter(stringWriter, yamlConfig);
+		yamlWriter.write(map);
+		yamlWriter.close();
+		assertEquals("{" + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   key1: value1," + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   key2: value2" + LINE_SEPARATOR
+				+ "}" + LINE_SEPARATOR, stringWriter.toString());
+
+		stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+		yamlWriter = new YamlWriter(stringWriter, yamlConfig);
+		yamlWriter.write(list);
+		yamlWriter.close();
+		assertEquals("[" + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   111," + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   222," + LINE_SEPARATOR + "   333"
+				+ LINE_SEPARATOR + "]" + LINE_SEPARATOR, stringWriter.toString());
+	}
+
 	private String multipleSpaces(int indentSize) {
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		for (int i = 0; i < indentSize; i++) {