diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
index 1769bff52..307b9b917 100644
--- a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func extractInlineScript(p *Provisioner) (string, error) {
 	// we concatenate all the inline commands
 	for _, command := range p.config.Inline {
 		log.Printf("Found command: %s", command)
-		if _, err := commandBuilder.WriteString(command + "\n"); err != nil {
+		if _, err := commandBuilder.WriteString(command + "\n\t"); err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to wrap script contents: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_test.go b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_test.go
index 3a036871f..11b6b4837 100644
--- a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestProvisionerPrepare_extractScript(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// File contents should contain 2 lines concatenated by newlines: foo\nbar
 	readFile, err := os.ReadFile(file)
-	expectedContents := "if (Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference) {\n         set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'\n         }\n         \n         $exitCode = 0\n         try {\n         $env:PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE=\"\"; $env:PACKER_BUILD_NAME=\"\"; \n         foobar\n         $exitCode = 0\n         } catch {\n         Write-Error \"An error occurred: $_\"\n         $exitCode = 1\n         }\n         \n         if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne $null -and $LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {\n         $exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE\n         }\n         \n         Write-Host $result\n         exit $exitCode"
+	expectedContents := " \n\tif (Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference) {\n\t  set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'\n\t}\n\t\n\t$exitCode = 0\n\ttry {\n\t$env:PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE=\"\"; $env:PACKER_BUILD_NAME=\"\"; \n\tfoo\n\tbar\n\t\n\t$exitCode = 0\n\t} catch {\n\tWrite-Error \"An error occurred: $_\"\n\t$exitCode = 1\n\t}\n\t\n\tif ($LASTEXITCODE -ne $null -and $LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {\n\t\t$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE\n\t}\n\t\n\tWrite-Host $result\n\texit $exitCode\n\n"
 	normalizedExpectedContent := normalizeWhiteSpace(expectedContents)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Should not be error: %s", err)