diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
index 43fadb1e6f..2a2adb9a3c 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ fn (mut f Fmt) stmt(node ast.Stmt) {
 		}
 		ast.CompIf {
 			inversion := if it.is_not { '!' } else { '' }
-			f.writeln('\$if ${inversion}${it.val} {')
+			is_opt := if it.is_opt { ' ?' } else { '' }
+			f.writeln('\$if ${inversion}${it.val}${is_opt} {')
 			f.stmts(it.stmts)
 			if it.has_else {
 				f.writeln('} \$else {')
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ fn (mut f Fmt) stmt(node ast.Stmt) {
 				f.write(' = ')
 				f.expr(it.expr)
 			}
+			f.writeln('')
 		}
 		ast.GoStmt {
 			f.write('go ')
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/conditional_compilation_keep.vv b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/conditional_compilation_keep.vv
index fc42a75497..3d7e1d236c 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/tests/conditional_compilation_keep.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/tests/conditional_compilation_keep.vv
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// __global g_my_global_variable int
 fn main() {
 	$if tinyc {
 		println('This will be compiled only when the compiler is tcc')
@@ -11,4 +12,8 @@ fn main() {
 	} $else {
 		println('This part is for linux only.')
 	}
+	//
+	$if network ? {
+		println('This will be run, only when the program is compiled with `-d network`')
+	}
 }