diff --git a/Rules/Strings.resx b/Rules/Strings.resx
index 120ead158..07f825ae9 100644
--- a/Rules/Strings.resx
+++ b/Rules/Strings.resx
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@
     <value>Use space before open parenthesis.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="UseConsistentWhitespaceErrorOperator" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use space before and after binary and assignment operators.</value>
+    <value>Use space around binary, assignment and unary operators that start with a dash.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="UseConsistentWhitespaceErrorSeparatorComma" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Use space after a comma.</value>
diff --git a/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs b/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
index 6112c43f9..4262e1ee7 100644
--- a/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
+++ b/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.cs
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ private bool IsOperator(Token token)
             return TokenTraits.HasTrait(token.Kind, TokenFlags.AssignmentOperator)
                     || TokenTraits.HasTrait(token.Kind, TokenFlags.BinaryPrecedenceAdd)
                     || TokenTraits.HasTrait(token.Kind, TokenFlags.BinaryPrecedenceMultiply)
+                    || TokenTraits.HasTrait(token.Kind, TokenFlags.UnaryOperator) && token.Text.StartsWith("-")
                     || token.Kind == TokenKind.AndAnd
                     || token.Kind == TokenKind.OrOr;
         }
@@ -529,6 +530,35 @@ private IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord> FindOperatorViolations(TokenOperations tok
                     || tokenNode.Next == null
                     || tokenNode.Value.Kind == TokenKind.DotDot)
                 {
+                    // for cases like '-split$a' as the other checks below in this function assume a preceding token
+                    if (TokenTraits.HasTrait(tokenNode.Value.Kind, TokenFlags.UnaryOperator)
+                        && tokenNode.Value.Text.StartsWith("-")
+                        && tokenNode.Value.Text.Length > 1
+                        && Char.IsLetter(tokenNode.Value.Text[1]))
+                    {
+                        bool hasWhitespaceAfterOperator = tokenNode.Next.Value.Kind == TokenKind.NewLine
+                            || IsPreviousTokenOnSameLineAndApartByWhitespace(tokenNode.Next);
+                        if (!hasWhitespaceAfterOperator)
+                        {
+                            yield return new DiagnosticRecord(
+                                GetError(ErrorKind.Operator),
+                                tokenNode.Value.Extent,
+                                GetName(),
+                                GetDiagnosticSeverity(),
+                                tokenOperations.Ast.Extent.File,
+                                null,
+                                new List<CorrectionExtent>()
+                                {
+                                    new CorrectionExtent(
+                                    tokenNode.Value.Extent.StartLineNumber,
+                                    tokenNode.Value.Extent.EndLineNumber,
+                                    tokenNode.Value.Extent.StartColumnNumber,
+                                    tokenNode.Value.Extent.EndColumnNumber,
+                                    $"{tokenNode.Value.Text} ",
+                                    tokenNode.Value.Extent.File)
+                                });
+                        }
+                    }
                     continue;
                 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.tests.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.tests.ps1
index 27e17e74e..c88776b43 100644
--- a/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.tests.ps1
@@ -185,6 +185,40 @@ $x = $true -and
             Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings | Should -Be $null
         }
 
+        It 'Should not find violation if there are whitespaces of size 1 around a unary operator starting with a dash' {
+            Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition '$x -join $y' -Settings $settings | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+        }
+
+        It 'Should find a violation if no whitespace around a unary operator starting with a dash' {
+            $def = '$x=1'
+            $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings
+            Test-CorrectionExtentFromContent $def $violations 1 '=' ' = '
+        }
+
+        It 'Should find a violation if no whitespace before a unary operator starting with a dash' {
+            $def = '$x-join $Y'
+            $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings
+            Test-CorrectionExtentFromContent $def $violations 1 '' ' '
+        }
+
+        It 'Should find a violation if no whitespace after a unary operator starting with a dash' {
+            $def = '$x -join$y'
+            $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings
+            Test-CorrectionExtentFromContent $def $violations 1 '' ' '
+        }
+
+        It 'Should find a violation if there is a whitespaces not of size 1 around a unary operator starting with a dash' {
+            $def = '$x  -join  $y'
+            $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings
+            Test-CorrectionExtentFromContent $def $violations 1 '  -join  ' ' -join '
+        }
+
+        It 'Should find a violation if there is no whitespace after a unary operator with a dash but nothing that preceds it' {
+            $def = '-join$x'
+            $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings
+            Test-CorrectionExtentFromContent $def $violations 1 '-join' '-join '
+        }
+
         It "Should find violation if not asked to ignore assignment operator in hash table" {
             $def = @'
 $ht = @{
@@ -207,6 +241,7 @@ $ht = @{
             $ruleConfiguration.CheckSeparator = $false
             $ruleConfiguration.IgnoreAssignmentOperatorInsideHashTable = $true
         }
+
         It "Should not find violation if assignment operator is in multi-line hash table" {
             $def = @'
 $ht = @{