diff --git a/guix/scripts/style.scm b/guix/scripts/style.scm
index 8123570c38..ca3853af5e 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/style.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/style.scm
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ FORMAT-COMMENT is 'canonicalize-comment'."
              (newline port)
              (display (make-string indent #\space) port))
            (let ((column (if newline? indent column)))
-             (print tail #f
+             (print tail
+                    (keyword? item)      ;keep #:key value next to one another
                     (comment? item)
                     (loop indent column
                           (or newline? delimited?)
diff --git a/tests/style.scm b/tests/style.scm
index 41f7e31cce..48d975df94 100644
--- a/tests/style.scm
+++ b/tests/style.scm
@@ -492,6 +492,18 @@ mnopqrstuvwxyz.\")"
    '(#:phases %standard-phases
      #:tests? #f)))")
 
+;; '#:key value' is kept on the same line.
+(test-pretty-print "\
+(package
+  (name \"keyword-value-same-line\")
+  (arguments
+   (list #:phases #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+                      (add-before 'x 'y
+                        (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                          (foo bar baz))))
+         #:make-flags #~'(\"ANSWER=42\")
+         #:tests? #f)))")
+
 (test-equal "pretty-print-with-comments, canonicalize-comment"
   "\
 (list abc