diff --git a/crates/mdbook-markdown/src/lib.rs b/crates/mdbook-markdown/src/lib.rs
index a014ca6b3c..b45d06b0a4 100644
--- a/crates/mdbook-markdown/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/mdbook-markdown/src/lib.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ pub fn render_markdown_with_path(
     let mut in_footnote_name = String::new();
     // This is the list of events to build the footnote definition.
     let mut in_footnote = Vec::new();
+    // This is used to add space between consecutive footnotes. I was unable
+    // to figure out a way to do this just with pure CSS.
+    let mut prev_was_footnote = false;
 
     let events = new_cmark_parser(text, smart_punctuation)
         .map(clean_codeblock_headers)
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ pub fn render_markdown_with_path(
         .filter_map(|event| {
             match event {
                 Event::Start(Tag::FootnoteDefinition(name)) => {
+                    prev_was_footnote = false;
                     if !in_footnote.is_empty() {
                         log::warn!("internal bug: nested footnote not expected in {path:?}");
                     }
@@ -119,14 +123,19 @@ pub fn render_markdown_with_path(
                     let len = footnote_numbers.len() + 1;
                     let (n, count) = footnote_numbers.entry(name.clone()).or_insert((len, 0));
                     *count += 1;
-                    let html = Event::Html(
-                        format!(
-                            "<sup class=\"footnote-reference\" id=\"fr-{name}-{count}\">\
-                                <a href=\"#footnote-{name}\">{n}</a>\
-                             </sup>"
-                        )
-                        .into(),
-                    );
+                    let mut html = String::new();
+                    if prev_was_footnote {
+                        write!(html, " ").unwrap();
+                    }
+                    prev_was_footnote = true;
+                    write!(
+                        html,
+                        "<sup class=\"footnote-reference\" id=\"fr-{name}-{count}\">\
+                            <a href=\"#footnote-{name}\">{n}</a>\
+                         </sup>"
+                    )
+                    .unwrap();
+                    let html = Event::Html(html.into());
                     if in_footnote_name.is_empty() {
                         Some(html)
                     } else {
@@ -138,9 +147,13 @@ pub fn render_markdown_with_path(
                 // While inside a footnote, accumulate all events into a local.
                 _ if !in_footnote_name.is_empty() => {
                     in_footnote.push(event);
+                    prev_was_footnote = false;
                     None
                 }
-                _ => Some(event),
+                _ => {
+                    prev_was_footnote = false;
+                    Some(event)
+                }
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/markdown/footnotes/expected/footnotes.html b/tests/testsuite/markdown/footnotes/expected/footnotes.html
index 8904cb06a2..69faf6e00d 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/markdown/footnotes/expected/footnotes.html
+++ b/tests/testsuite/markdown/footnotes/expected/footnotes.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ <h1 id="footnote-tests"><a class="header" href="#footnote-tests">Footnote tests<
 <p>Testing when referring to something earlier.<sup class="footnote-reference" id="fr-define-before-use-1"><a href="#footnote-define-before-use">6</a></sup></p>
 <p>Footnote that is defined multiple times.<sup class="footnote-reference" id="fr-multiple-definitions-1"><a href="#footnote-multiple-definitions">7</a></sup></p>
 <p>And another<sup class="footnote-reference" id="fr-in-between-1"><a href="#footnote-in-between">8</a></sup> that references the duplicate again.<sup class="footnote-reference" id="fr-multiple-definitions-2"><a href="#footnote-multiple-definitions">7</a></sup></p>
+<p>Multiple footnotes in a row.<sup class="footnote-reference" id="fr-a-1"><a href="#footnote-a">9</a></sup> <sup class="footnote-reference" id="fr-b-1"><a href="#footnote-b">10</a></sup> <sup class="footnote-reference" id="fr-c-1"><a href="#footnote-c">11</a></sup></p>
 <hr>
 <ol class="footnote-definition"><li id="footnote-1">
 <p>This is a footnote. <a href="#fr-1-1">↩</a> <a href="#fr-1-2">↩2</a></p>
@@ -43,4 +44,13 @@ <h1 id="footnote-tests"><a class="header" href="#footnote-tests">Footnote tests<
 <li id="footnote-in-between">
 <p>Footnote between duplicates. <a href="#fr-in-between-1">↩</a></p>
 </li>
+<li id="footnote-a">
+<p>Footnote 1 <a href="#fr-a-1">↩</a></p>
+</li>
+<li id="footnote-b">
+<p>Footnote 2 <a href="#fr-b-1">↩</a></p>
+</li>
+<li id="footnote-c">
+<p>Footnote 3 <a href="#fr-c-1">↩</a></p>
+</li>
 </ol>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/markdown/footnotes/src/footnotes.md b/tests/testsuite/markdown/footnotes/src/footnotes.md
index d7719a74ea..bdc30f5553 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/markdown/footnotes/src/footnotes.md
+++ b/tests/testsuite/markdown/footnotes/src/footnotes.md
@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ And another[^in-between] that references the duplicate again.[^multiple-definiti
 [^in-between]: Footnote between duplicates.
 
 [^multiple-definitions]: This is the second definition of the footnote with tag multiple-definitions
+
+Multiple footnotes in a row.[^a][^b][^c]
+
+[^a]: Footnote 1
+[^b]: Footnote 2
+[^c]: Footnote 3