diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/rewriter.js b/lib/coffee-script/rewriter.js
index 717e7fab53..e3d8dd4f48 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/rewriter.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/rewriter.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
       stack = [];
       start = null;
       return this.scanTokens(function(token, i, tokens) {
-        var endImplicitCall, endImplicitObject, forward, inImplicit, inImplicitCall, inImplicitControl, inImplicitObject, newLine, nextTag, offset, prevTag, prevToken, ref, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, s, sameLine, stackIdx, stackTag, stackTop, startIdx, startImplicitCall, startImplicitObject, startsLine, tag;
+        var endImplicitCall, endImplicitObject, forward, inImplicit, inImplicitCall, inImplicitControl, inImplicitObject, isImplicit, isImplicitCall, isImplicitObject, k, newLine, nextTag, offset, prevTag, prevToken, ref, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, s, sameLine, stackIdx, stackItem, stackTag, stackTop, startIdx, startImplicitCall, startImplicitObject, startsLine, tag;
         tag = token[0];
         prevTag = (prevToken = i > 0 ? tokens[i - 1] : [])[0];
         nextTag = (i < tokens.length - 1 ? tokens[i + 1] : [])[0];
@@ -182,17 +182,24 @@
         forward = function(n) {
           return i - startIdx + n;
         };
+        isImplicit = function(stackItem) {
+          var ref;
+          return stackItem != null ? (ref = stackItem[2]) != null ? ref.ours : void 0 : void 0;
+        };
+        isImplicitObject = function(stackItem) {
+          return isImplicit(stackItem) && (stackItem != null ? stackItem[0] : void 0) === '{';
+        };
+        isImplicitCall = function(stackItem) {
+          return isImplicit(stackItem) && (stackItem != null ? stackItem[0] : void 0) === '(';
+        };
         inImplicit = function() {
-          var ref, ref1;
-          return (ref = stackTop()) != null ? (ref1 = ref[2]) != null ? ref1.ours : void 0 : void 0;
+          return isImplicit(stackTop());
         };
         inImplicitCall = function() {
-          var ref;
-          return inImplicit() && ((ref = stackTop()) != null ? ref[0] : void 0) === '(';
+          return isImplicitCall(stackTop());
         };
         inImplicitObject = function() {
-          var ref;
-          return inImplicit() && ((ref = stackTop()) != null ? ref[0] : void 0) === '{';
+          return isImplicitObject(stackTop());
         };
         inImplicitControl = function() {
           var ref;
@@ -316,8 +323,13 @@
           startImplicitObject(s, !!startsLine);
           return forward(2);
         }
-        if (inImplicitObject() && indexOf.call(LINEBREAKS, tag) >= 0) {
-          stackTop()[2].sameLine = false;
+        if (indexOf.call(LINEBREAKS, tag) >= 0) {
+          for (k = stack.length - 1; k >= 0; k += -1) {
+            stackItem = stack[k];
+            if (isImplicitObject(stackItem)) {
+              stackItem[2].sameLine = false;
+            }
+          }
         }
         newLine = prevTag === 'OUTDENT' || prevToken.newLine;
         if (indexOf.call(IMPLICIT_END, tag) >= 0 || indexOf.call(CALL_CLOSERS, tag) >= 0 && newLine) {
diff --git a/src/rewriter.coffee b/src/rewriter.coffee
index 5217e727af..0d173f04ca 100644
--- a/src/rewriter.coffee
+++ b/src/rewriter.coffee
@@ -149,9 +149,12 @@ exports.Rewriter = class Rewriter
       forward   = (n) -> i - startIdx + n
 
       # Helper functions
-      inImplicit        = -> stackTop()?[2]?.ours
-      inImplicitCall    = -> inImplicit() and stackTop()?[0] is '('
-      inImplicitObject  = -> inImplicit() and stackTop()?[0] is '{'
+      isImplicit        = (stackItem) -> stackItem?[2]?.ours
+      isImplicitObject  = (stackItem) -> isImplicit(stackItem) and stackItem?[0] is '{'
+      isImplicitCall    = (stackItem) -> isImplicit(stackItem) and stackItem?[0] is '('
+      inImplicit        = -> isImplicit stackTop()
+      inImplicitCall    = -> isImplicitCall stackTop()
+      inImplicitObject  = -> isImplicitObject stackTop()
       # Unclosed control statement inside implicit parens (like
       # class declaration or if-conditionals)
       inImplicitControl = -> inImplicit and stackTop()?[0] is 'CONTROL'
@@ -298,7 +301,10 @@ exports.Rewriter = class Rewriter
       #     .g b
       #     .h a
 
-      stackTop()[2].sameLine = no if inImplicitObject() and tag in LINEBREAKS
+      # Mark all enclosing objects as not sameLine
+      if tag in LINEBREAKS
+        for stackItem in stack by -1 when isImplicitObject stackItem
+          stackItem[2].sameLine = no
 
       newLine = prevTag is 'OUTDENT' or prevToken.newLine
       if tag in IMPLICIT_END or tag in CALL_CLOSERS and newLine
diff --git a/test/formatting.coffee b/test/formatting.coffee
index d175fbe3a8..2712a029d7 100644
--- a/test/formatting.coffee
+++ b/test/formatting.coffee
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ test "indented heredoc", ->
 #   * single line arguments
 #   * inline function literal
 #   * inline object literal
+#
+# * chaining inside
+#   * implicit object literal
 
 test "chaining after outdent", ->
   id = (x) -> x
@@ -221,6 +224,14 @@ test "chaining should work within spilling ternary", ->
       .a
   eq 3, result.h
 
+test "method call chaining inside objects", ->
+  f = (x) -> c: 42
+  result =
+    a: f 1
+    b: f a: 1
+      .c
+  eq 42, result.b
+
 # Nested blocks caused by paren unwrapping
 test "#1492: Nested blocks don't cause double semicolons", ->
   js = CoffeeScript.compile '(0;0)'