diff --git a/src/InputSymbols/Block.php b/src/InputSymbols/Block.php
index fbfaa6e..5c1d9f8 100644
--- a/src/InputSymbols/Block.php
+++ b/src/InputSymbols/Block.php
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ class Block
     private Delimiter $symbolClose;
 
     private bool $shouldTokenizeContent;
+    private bool $splitAffixIntoSymbols;
 
     /**
      * Block constructor.
      * @param string $symbolOpen
      * @param string|null $symbolClose
      * @param bool $shouldTokenizeContent
+     * @param bool $splitAffixIntoSymbols
      */
-    public function __construct(string $symbolOpen, ?string $symbolClose, bool $shouldTokenizeContent)
+    public function __construct(string $symbolOpen, ?string $symbolClose, bool $shouldTokenizeContent, bool $splitAffixIntoSymbols = false)
     {
         $this->symbolOpen = new Delimiter($symbolOpen);
 
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ public function __construct(string $symbolOpen, ?string $symbolClose, bool $shou
         }
 
         $this->shouldTokenizeContent = $shouldTokenizeContent;
+        $this->splitAffixIntoSymbols = $splitAffixIntoSymbols;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,6 +69,14 @@ public function shouldTokenizeContent(): bool
         return $this->shouldTokenizeContent;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function splitAffixIntoSymbols(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->splitAffixIntoSymbols;
+    }
+
     public function __toString()
     {
         return "{$this->open()}{$this->close()}";
diff --git a/src/Tokenizer.php b/src/Tokenizer.php
index 71ad9f3..9984068 100644
--- a/src/Tokenizer.php
+++ b/src/Tokenizer.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use ricwein\Tokenizer\InputSymbols\Block;
 use ricwein\Tokenizer\InputSymbols\Delimiter;
+use ricwein\Tokenizer\Result\BaseToken;
 use ricwein\Tokenizer\Result\TokenStream;
 use ricwein\Tokenizer\Result\BlockToken;
 use ricwein\Tokenizer\Result\Token;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ private function process(string $input, int $depth, int $line): array
         // abort tokenizing after reaching the max block depth
         // just return the input string as the remaining symbol
         if ($this->maxDepth > 0 && $depth >= $this->maxDepth) {
-            return [new Token($input, null)];
+            return [new Token($input, null, $line)];
         }
 
         /** @var BlockToken[]|Token[] $result */
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ private function process(string $input, int $depth, int $line): array
         /** @var array|null $openBlocks 'block' => BlockToken, 'startOffset' => int */
         $openBlocks = [];
 
+        /** @var BaseToken|null $lastSymbol */
         $lastSymbol = null;
 
         /** @var Delimiter|null $lastDelimiter */
@@ -176,9 +178,18 @@ private function process(string $input, int $depth, int $line): array
 
                     $resultBlock = new BlockToken($block, $lastDelimiter, $line);
                     if ($lastOffset < $offset) {
-                        $prefix = ltrim(substr($input, $lastOffset, $offset - $lastOffset));
+                        $prefix = trim(substr($input, $lastOffset, $offset - $lastOffset));
                         if (!empty($prefix)) {
-                            $resultBlock->withPrefix($prefix);
+                            if ($block->splitAffixIntoSymbols()) {
+                                $lastSymbol = new Token($prefix, $lastDelimiter, $line);
+
+                                $resultBlock->setDelimiter(null);
+                                $lastDelimiter = null;
+
+                                $result[] = $lastSymbol;
+                            } else {
+                                $resultBlock->withPrefix($prefix);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -204,8 +215,15 @@ private function process(string $input, int $depth, int $line): array
 
                         // encounter of symbol directly after an block (no delimiter in between)
                         if ($lastSymbol instanceof BlockToken) {
+
                             if (!empty($content)) {
-                                $lastSymbol->withSuffix($content);
+
+                                if ($lastSymbol->block()->splitAffixIntoSymbols()) {
+                                    $result[] = new Token($content, null, $line);
+                                } else {
+                                    $lastSymbol->withSuffix($content);
+                                }
+
                             }
 
                             // we need to reset the last-symbol, since we processed the
@@ -233,15 +251,21 @@ private function process(string $input, int $depth, int $line): array
             }
         }
 
+        // handle remaining tokens
         $remaining = ltrim($remaining, ' ');
         if (strlen($remaining) > 0) {
             if ($lastSymbol instanceof BlockToken) {
-                $lastSymbol->withSuffix($remaining);
+
+                if ($lastSymbol->block()->splitAffixIntoSymbols()) {
+                    $result[] = new Token(ltrim($remaining), null, $line);
+                } else {
+                    $lastSymbol->withSuffix($remaining);
+                }
+
             } else {
                 $result[] = new Token($remaining, $lastDelimiter, $line);
             }
         }
-
         return $result;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/TokenizerTest.php b/tests/TokenizerTest.php
index 2bd27ba..0d42061 100644
--- a/tests/TokenizerTest.php
+++ b/tests/TokenizerTest.php
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ protected function setUp(): void
 
         $delimiter = [new Delimiter('.'), new Delimiter('|'), new Delimiter(',')];
         $blocks = [
-            new Block('[', ']', true),
-            new Block('(', ')', true),
-            new Block('{', '}', false),
-            new Block('\'', null, false),
-            new Block('"', null, false),
+            new Block('[', ']', true, false),
+            new Block('(', ')', true, false),
+            new Block('{', '}', false, false),
+            new Block('\'', null, false, false),
+            new Block('"', null, false, false),
+
+            new Block('{{', '}}', false, true),
+            new Block('{%', '%}', true, true),
         ];
 
         $this->tokenizer = new Tokenizer($delimiter, $blocks);
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@ public function testLineTracking()
         $testString = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/test.txt');
         $expected = [
             new Token('first', null),
-            (new BlockToken(new Block('(', ')', true), new Delimiter('.'), 2))->withPrefix('second' . PHP_EOL)->withSymbols([
+            (new BlockToken(new Block('(', ')', true), new Delimiter('.'), 2))->withPrefix('second')->withSymbols([
                 new Token('line:2', null, 2),
             ])->withSuffix(PHP_EOL . 'end' . PHP_EOL),
         ];
@@ -307,7 +310,33 @@ public function testLineTracking()
             new Token('end', new Delimiter(PHP_EOL), 3),
         ];
         $this->assertEquals(new TokenStream($expected), $customTokenizer->tokenize($testString));
+    }
+
+    public function testAffixSplitting()
+    {
+        $testString = "before {{ test }} after";
+        $expected = [
+            new Token('before', null),
+            (new BlockToken(new Block('{{', '}}', false, true), null))->withSymbols([
+                new Token(' test ', null),
+            ]),
+            new Token('after', null),
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals(new TokenStream($expected), $this->tokenizer->tokenize($testString));
 
+        $testString = "before.one {% test.first %} 'after'";
+        $expected = [
+            new Token('before', null),
+            new Token('one', new Delimiter('.')),
+            (new BlockToken(new Block('{%', '%}', true, true), null))->withSymbols([
+                new Token(' test', null),
+                new Token('first ', new Delimiter('.')),
+            ]),
+            (new BlockToken(new Block('\'', '\'', false), null))->withSymbols([
+                new Token('after', null),
+            ]),
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals(new TokenStream($expected), $this->tokenizer->tokenize($testString));
     }
 
 }