diff --git a/Sources/SwiftSyntaxBuilder/ConvenienceInitializers.swift b/Sources/SwiftSyntaxBuilder/ConvenienceInitializers.swift
index 6c4c3a302b9..7b2d8b77964 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftSyntaxBuilder/ConvenienceInitializers.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftSyntaxBuilder/ConvenienceInitializers.swift
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ extension LabeledExprSyntax {
   public init(label: String? = nil, expression: some ExprSyntaxProtocol) {
     self.init(
       label: label.map { .identifier($0) },
-      colon: label == nil ? nil : .colonToken(),
+      colon: label == nil ? nil : .colonToken(trailingTrivia: .space),
       expression: expression
     )
   }
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftSyntaxBuilderTest/Assertions.swift b/Tests/SwiftSyntaxBuilderTest/Assertions.swift
index da1af7c6eb8..5e9d2afc4a5 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftSyntaxBuilderTest/Assertions.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftSyntaxBuilderTest/Assertions.swift
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@ func assertBuildResult<T: SyntaxProtocol>(
   _ buildable: T,
   _ expectedResult: String,
   trimTrailingWhitespace: Bool = true,
+  format: Bool = true,
   file: StaticString = #file,
   line: UInt = #line
 ) {
-  var buildableDescription = buildable.formatted().description
+  var buildableDescription =
+    format
+    ? buildable.formatted().description
+    : buildable.description
   var expectedResult = expectedResult
   if trimTrailingWhitespace {
     buildableDescription = buildableDescription.trimmingTrailingWhitespace()
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftSyntaxBuilderTest/LabeledExprSyntaxTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftSyntaxBuilderTest/LabeledExprSyntaxTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64075f57c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/SwiftSyntaxBuilderTest/LabeledExprSyntaxTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2014 - 2023 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
+// Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
+//
+// See https://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
+// See https://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of Swift project authors
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import SwiftSyntax
+import SwiftSyntaxBuilder
+import XCTest
+
+final class LabeledExprSyntaxTests: XCTestCase {
+  func testLabeledExprSyntax() {
+    let syntax = LabeledExprSyntax(label: "arg", expression: NilLiteralExprSyntax())
+    assertBuildResult(syntax, "arg: nil", format: false)
+  }
+}