diff --git a/ext/standard/formatted_print.c b/ext/standard/formatted_print.c
index 5623a3755b34d..9464fa27f7160 100644
--- a/ext/standard/formatted_print.c
+++ b/ext/standard/formatted_print.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ php_formatted_print(int ht, int *len, int use_array, int format_offset TSRMLS_DC
 							  "sprintf: now looking at '%c', inpos=%d\n",
 							  format[inpos], inpos));
 				for (;; inpos++) {
-					if (format[inpos] == ' ' || format[inpos] == '0') {
+					if ((format[inpos] == ' ' || format[inpos] == '0') && padding == ' ') {
 						padding = format[inpos];
 					} else if (format[inpos] == '-') {
 						alignment = ALIGN_LEFT;
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug61532.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug61532.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..452be8eb563bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/strings/bug61532.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--TEST--
+printf custom padding modiffier bug #61532
+--FILE--
+<?php
+printf("%'.9s\n","foo");
+printf("%'.09s\n","foo");
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+......foo
+......foo