diff --git a/src/utils/split-text.js b/src/utils/split-text.js
index 2744ff7..973272a 100644
--- a/src/utils/split-text.js
+++ b/src/utils/split-text.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function splitText(el, key, splitOn, includePrevious, preserveWhitespace)
         if (contents.length) {
             // insert leading space if there was one
             if (wholeText[0] === ' ') {
-                allElements.push(createText(' '));
+                allElements.push(createElement(F, "whitespace", " ", preserveWhitespace));
             }
             // Concatenate the split text children back into the full array
             each(contents.split(splitOn), function(splitText, i) {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export function splitText(el, key, splitOn, includePrevious, preserveWhitespace)
             }); 
             // insert trailing space if there was one
             if (wholeText[wholeText.length - 1] === ' ') {
-                allElements.push(createText(' '));
+                allElements.push(createElement(F, "whitespace", " ", preserveWhitespace));
             }
         }
     });