diff --git a/lisp/ob.el b/lisp/ob.el
index 47be708..398a997 100644
--- a/lisp/ob.el
+++ b/lisp/ob.el
@@ -2211,13 +2211,16 @@ block but are passed literally to the \"example-block\"."
 					     (nth 4 i))
 					 source-name)
 			      (let* ((body (org-babel-expand-noweb-references i))
-				     (full (if comment
+					 (padded (if (not (string= "no" (cdr (assoc :padline (nth 2 i)))))
+								(concat body "\n") 
+								body ))
+					 (full (if comment
 					       ((lambda (cs)
 						  (concat (c-wrap (car cs)) "\n"
-							  body "\n"
+							  padded "\n"
 							  (c-wrap (cadr cs))))
 						(org-babel-tangle-comment-links i))
-					     body)))
+					     padded)))
 				(setq expansion (concat expansion full))))))))
 		    expansion)
 		  ;; possibly raise an error if named block doesn't exist