diff --git a/lib/LessParser.js b/lib/LessParser.js
index 95dc110..23aec8b 100644
--- a/lib/LessParser.js
+++ b/lib/LessParser.js
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ module.exports = class LessParser extends Parser {
   }
 
   unknownWord(tokens) {
+    // NOTE: keep commented for examining unknown structures
+    // console.log('unknown', tokens);
+
     const [first] = tokens;
 
     // TODO: move this into a util function/file
@@ -110,6 +113,29 @@ module.exports = class LessParser extends Parser {
         tokens = tokens.concat(tokensAfter);
       }
 
+      const importantTokens = [];
+
+      for (const token of tokens) {
+        if (token[1] === '!' || importantTokens.length) {
+          importantTokens.push(token);
+        }
+
+        if (token[1] === 'important') {
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (importantTokens.length) {
+        const [bangToken] = importantTokens;
+        const bangIndex = tokens.indexOf(bangToken);
+        const last = importantTokens[importantTokens.length - 1];
+        const start = [bangToken[2], bangToken[3]];
+        const end = [last[4], last[5]];
+        const combined = importantTokens.map((t) => t[1]).reduce((a, c) => a + c);
+        const newToken = ['word', combined].concat(start, end);
+        tokens.splice(bangIndex, importantTokens.length, newToken);
+      }
+
       const importantIndex = tokens.findIndex((t) => importantPattern.test(t[1]));
 
       if (importantIndex > 0) {
@@ -125,28 +151,14 @@ module.exports = class LessParser extends Parser {
       this.lastNode.mixin = true;
       this.lastNode.raws.identifier = identifier;
 
-      // const importantIndex = tokens.findIndex((t) => importantPattern.test(t[1]));
-
       if (important) {
         this.lastNode.important = true;
         this.lastNode.raws.important = important;
       }
 
-      // if (importantIndex > 0) {
-      //   nodes.splice(importantIndex, 1);
-      // [this.lastNode.raws.important] = this.lastNode.params.match(importantPattern);
-
-      // this.lastNode.params = this.lastNode.params.replace(importantPattern, '');
-
-      // const [spaces] = this.lastNode.params.match(/\s+$/) || [''];
-      // this.lastNode.raws.between = spaces;
-      // this.lastNode.params = this.lastNode.params.trim();
-      // }
-
       return;
     }
-    // NOTE: keep commented for examining unknown structures
-    // console.log('unknown', tokens);
+
     super.unknownWord(tokens);
   }
 };
diff --git a/test/parser/mixins.test.js b/test/parser/mixins.test.js
index 87efdd0..d107503 100644
--- a/test/parser/mixins.test.js
+++ b/test/parser/mixins.test.js
@@ -175,6 +175,30 @@ test('!important, no whitespace', (t) => {
   t.is(nodeToString(root), less);
 });
 
+test('!important, whitespace between', (t) => {
+  const less = `
+                    .foo()! important;
+                `;
+  const root = parse(less);
+  const { first } = root;
+  t.is(first.name, 'foo');
+  t.is(first.params, '()');
+  t.is(first.important, true);
+  t.is(nodeToString(root), less);
+});
+
+test('!important, whitespace before and between', (t) => {
+  const less = `
+                    .foo() ! important;
+                `;
+  const root = parse(less);
+  const { first } = root;
+  t.is(first.name, 'foo');
+  t.is(first.params, '()');
+  t.is(first.important, true);
+  t.is(nodeToString(root), less);
+});
+
 test('parses nested mixins with the rule set', (t) => {
   const params = '({background-color: red;})';
   const ruleSet = `.desktop-and-old-ie ${params}`;