diff --git a/src/expr.rs b/src/expr.rs
index 74d5522cc59..155553a7615 100644
--- a/src/expr.rs
+++ b/src/expr.rs
@@ -1108,9 +1108,14 @@ fn rewrite_struct_lit<'a>(context: &RewriteContext,
                                      }
                                      StructLitField::Base(ref expr) => {
                                          // 2 = ..
-                                         expr.rewrite(inner_context, h_budget - 2, indent + 2)
-                                             .map(|s| format!("..{}", s))
-                                             .unwrap_or(context.snippet(expr.span))
+                                         format!("..{}",
+                                                 h_budget.checked_sub(2)
+                                                         .and_then(|h_budget| {
+                                                             expr.rewrite(inner_context,
+                                                                          h_budget,
+                                                                          indent + 2)
+                                                         })
+                                                         .unwrap_or(context.snippet(expr.span)))
                                      }
                                  }
                              },
diff --git a/tests/source/expr.rs b/tests/source/expr.rs
index faa0d3775c7..4b5e262bd26 100644
--- a/tests/source/expr.rs
+++ b/tests/source/expr.rs
@@ -173,3 +173,11 @@ fn arrays() {
 
     [ 1 +   3, 4 ,  5, 6, 7, 7, fncall::<Vec<_>>(3-1)]
 }
+
+fn struct_exprs() {
+    Foo
+    { a :  1, b:f( 2)};
+    Foo{a:1,b:f(2),..g(3)};
+    // FIXME: should be wrapped (#231)
+    LoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooongStruct { ..base };
+}
diff --git a/tests/target/expr.rs b/tests/target/expr.rs
index bb629f12126..7b579960d53 100644
--- a/tests/target/expr.rs
+++ b/tests/target/expr.rs
@@ -183,3 +183,10 @@ fn arrays() {
 
     [1 + 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, fncall::<Vec<_>>(3 - 1)]
 }
+
+fn struct_exprs() {
+    Foo { a: 1, b: f(2) };
+    Foo { a: 1, b: f(2), ..g(3) };
+    // FIXME: should be wrapped (#231)
+    LoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooongStruct { ..base };
+}