diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/json-utils.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/json-utils.ts
index 8684785aef8d..cf1754a9a44d 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/json-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/json-utils.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ export function removePropertyInAstObject(
 
   recorder.remove(start.offset, end.offset - start.offset);
   if (!nextProp) {
-
     recorder.insertRight(start.offset, '\n');
   }
 }
@@ -155,21 +154,39 @@ export function appendValueInAstArray(
   value: JsonValue,
   indent = 4,
 ) {
-  const indentStr = _buildIndent(indent);
+  let indentStr = _buildIndent(indent);
   let index = node.start.offset + 1;
+  // tslint:disable-next-line: no-any
+  let newNodes: any[] | undefined;
+
   if (node.elements.length > 0) {
     // Insert comma.
-    const last = node.elements[node.elements.length - 1];
-    recorder.insertRight(last.end.offset, ',');
-    index = indent ? last.end.offset + 1 : last.end.offset;
+    const { end } = node.elements[node.elements.length - 1];
+    const isClosingOnSameLine = node.end.offset - end.offset === 1;
+
+    if (isClosingOnSameLine && indent) {
+      // Reformat the entire array
+      recorder.remove(node.start.offset, node.end.offset - node.start.offset);
+      newNodes = [
+        ...node.elements.map(({ value }) => value),
+        value,
+      ];
+      index = node.start.offset;
+      // In case we are generating the entire node we need to reduce the spacing as
+      // otherwise we'd end up having incorrect double spacing
+      indent = indent - 2;
+      indentStr = _buildIndent(indent);
+    } else {
+      recorder.insertRight(end.offset, ',');
+      index = end.offset;
+    }
   }
 
   recorder.insertRight(
     index,
-    (node.elements.length === 0 && indent ? '\n' : '')
-    + ' '.repeat(indent)
-    + _stringifyContent(value, indentStr)
-    + indentStr.slice(0, -indent),
+    (newNodes ? '' : indentStr)
+    + _stringifyContent(newNodes || value, indentStr)
+    + (node.elements.length === 0 && indent ? indentStr.substr(0, -indent) + '\n' : ''),
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/json-utils_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/json-utils_spec.ts
index becda85f3f1c..400e4e1dd320 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/json-utils_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/json-utils_spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   removePropertyInAstObject,
 } from './json-utils';
 
+// tslint:disable-next-line: no-big-function
 describe('json-utils', () => {
   const a = 'a';
   const b = 'b';
@@ -199,6 +200,35 @@ describe('json-utils', () => {
         expect(JSON.parse(got)).toEqual(want);
       }
     });
-  });
 
+    it('should insert multiple props with different indentations in Object literal', () => {
+      const cases: Array<[string[], string, {}, number]> = [
+        // initial | value | want | indent
+        [[], z, [z], 0],
+        [[z], m, [z, m], 0],
+        [[m, z], a, [m, z, a], 0],
+        [[a, m, z], b, [a, m, z, b], 0],
+        // todo: investigate how to do this this of addition with the correct formatting
+        // [[], z, [z], 2],
+        [[z], m, [z, m], 2],
+        [[m, z], a, [m, z, a], 2],
+        [[a, m, z], b, [a, m, z, b], 2],
+        // todo: investigate how to do this this of addition with the correct formatting
+        // [[], z, [z], 4],
+        [[z], m, [z, m], 4],
+        [[m, z], a, [m, z, a], 4],
+        [[a, m, z], b, [a, m, z, b], 4],
+      ];
+      for (const c of cases) {
+        const [initial, value, want, indent] = c;
+        const got = runTest((rec: UpdateRecorder, ast: JsonAstObject) => {
+          expect(ast.properties[0].value.kind).toBe('array');
+          appendValueInAstArray(rec, ast.properties[0].value as unknown as JsonAstArray, value, indent * 2);
+        }, { data: initial }, indent);
+        const wantData = { data: want };
+        expect(got).toBe(JSON.stringify(wantData, null, indent));
+        expect(JSON.parse(got)).toEqual(wantData);
+      }
+    });
+  });
 });