diff --git a/Sources/SwiftFormatConfiguration/Configuration.swift b/Sources/SwiftFormatConfiguration/Configuration.swift
index 8406f1002..7cfe659b7 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftFormatConfiguration/Configuration.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftFormatConfiguration/Configuration.swift
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public struct Configuration: Codable, Equatable {
     case tabWidth
     case indentation
     case respectsExistingLineBreaks
+    case lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies
     case lineBreakBeforeControlFlowKeywords
     case lineBreakBeforeEachArgument
     case lineBreakBeforeFuncBodies
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ public struct Configuration: Codable, Equatable {
 
   /// MARK: Rule-specific configuration
 
+  public var lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies = false
+
   /// Determines the line-breaking behavior for control flow keywords that follow a closing brace,
   /// like `else` and `catch`.
   ///
@@ -201,6 +204,8 @@ public struct Configuration: Codable, Equatable {
       = try container.decodeIfPresent(Indent.self, forKey: .indentation) ?? .spaces(2)
     self.respectsExistingLineBreaks
       = try container.decodeIfPresent(Bool.self, forKey: .respectsExistingLineBreaks) ?? true
+    self.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies
+      = try container.decodeIfPresent(Bool.self, forKey: .lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies) ?? false
     self.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowKeywords
       = try container.decodeIfPresent(Bool.self, forKey: .lineBreakBeforeControlFlowKeywords) ?? false
     self.lineBreakBeforeEachArgument
@@ -242,6 +247,7 @@ public struct Configuration: Codable, Equatable {
     try container.encode(tabWidth, forKey: .tabWidth)
     try container.encode(indentation, forKey: .indentation)
     try container.encode(respectsExistingLineBreaks, forKey: .respectsExistingLineBreaks)
+    try container.encode(lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies, forKey: .lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies)
     try container.encode(lineBreakBeforeControlFlowKeywords, forKey: .lineBreakBeforeControlFlowKeywords)
     try container.encode(lineBreakBeforeEachArgument, forKey: .lineBreakBeforeEachArgument)
     try container.encode(lineBreakBeforeEachGenericRequirement, forKey: .lineBreakBeforeEachGenericRequirement)
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftFormatPrettyPrint/TokenStreamCreator.swift b/Sources/SwiftFormatPrettyPrint/TokenStreamCreator.swift
index 8711f3f4f..1ba27a923 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftFormatPrettyPrint/TokenStreamCreator.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftFormatPrettyPrint/TokenStreamCreator.swift
@@ -496,7 +496,11 @@ fileprivate final class TokenStreamCreator: SyntaxVisitor {
       }
     }
 
-    arrangeBracesAndContents(of: node.elseBody?.as(CodeBlockSyntax.self), contentsKeyPath: \.statements)
+    arrangeBracesAndContents(
+      of: node.elseBody?.as(CodeBlockSyntax.self),
+      contentsKeyPath: \.statements,
+      openBraceNewlineBehavior: config.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies ? .hard : .elective
+    )
 
     return .visitChildren
   }
@@ -535,7 +539,11 @@ fileprivate final class TokenStreamCreator: SyntaxVisitor {
       after(typeAnnotation.lastToken, tokens: .break(.close(mustBreak: false), size: 0))
     }
 
-    arrangeBracesAndContents(of: node.body, contentsKeyPath: \.statements)
+    arrangeBracesAndContents(
+      of: node.body,
+      contentsKeyPath: \.statements,
+      openBraceNewlineBehavior: config.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies ? .hard : .elective
+    )
 
     return .visitChildren
   }
@@ -557,14 +565,22 @@ fileprivate final class TokenStreamCreator: SyntaxVisitor {
       after(condition.lastToken, tokens: .break(.close(mustBreak: false), size: 0))
     }
 
-    arrangeBracesAndContents(of: node.body, contentsKeyPath: \.statements)
+    arrangeBracesAndContents(
+      of: node.body,
+      contentsKeyPath: \.statements,
+      openBraceNewlineBehavior: config.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies ? .hard : .elective
+    )
 
     return .visitChildren
   }
 
   override func visit(_ node: RepeatWhileStmtSyntax) -> SyntaxVisitorContinueKind {
     after(node.labelColon, tokens: .space)
-    arrangeBracesAndContents(of: node.body, contentsKeyPath: \.statements)
+    arrangeBracesAndContents(
+      of: node.body,
+      contentsKeyPath: \.statements,
+      openBraceNewlineBehavior: config.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies ? .hard : .elective
+    )
 
     if config.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowKeywords {
       before(node.whileKeyword, tokens: .break(.same), .open)
@@ -584,7 +600,11 @@ fileprivate final class TokenStreamCreator: SyntaxVisitor {
 
   override func visit(_ node: DoStmtSyntax) -> SyntaxVisitorContinueKind {
     after(node.labelColon, tokens: .space)
-    arrangeBracesAndContents(of: node.body, contentsKeyPath: \.statements)
+    arrangeBracesAndContents(
+      of: node.body,
+      contentsKeyPath: \.statements,
+      openBraceNewlineBehavior: config.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies ? .hard : .elective
+    )
     return .visitChildren
   }
 
@@ -607,7 +627,11 @@ fileprivate final class TokenStreamCreator: SyntaxVisitor {
       }
     }
 
-    arrangeBracesAndContents(of: node.body, contentsKeyPath: \.statements)
+    arrangeBracesAndContents(
+      of: node.body,
+      contentsKeyPath: \.statements,
+      openBraceNewlineBehavior: config.lineBreakBeforeControlFlowBodies ? .hard : .elective
+    )
 
     return .visitChildren
   }