diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c52ec1e..fa79e10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## dev branch / next version (1.x.x)
 
+- added indentOffset to support code snippets with non-zero indentation levels
+
 ## version 1.17.1 (2024-10-22)
 
 - Fixed WhitespacePolicy compilation error
diff --git a/src/formatter/Formatter.hx b/src/formatter/Formatter.hx
index f6e5e09..a2061e1 100644
--- a/src/formatter/Formatter.hx
+++ b/src/formatter/Formatter.hx
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ package formatter;
 import sys.FileSystem;
 import sys.io.File;
 #end
-import haxe.CallStack;
-import haxe.io.Path;
-import tokentree.TokenTreeBuilder.TokenTreeEntryPoint;
 import formatter.codedata.CodeLines;
 import formatter.codedata.FormatterInputData;
 import formatter.config.Config;
@@ -18,6 +15,9 @@ import formatter.marker.MarkSameLine;
 import formatter.marker.MarkTokenText;
 import formatter.marker.MarkWhitespace;
 import formatter.marker.wrapping.MarkWrapping;
+import haxe.CallStack;
+import haxe.io.Path;
+import tokentree.TokenTreeBuilder.TokenTreeEntryPoint;
 
 enum Result {
 	Success(formattedCode:String);
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ enum Result {
 class Formatter {
 	static inline var FORMATTER_JSON:String = "hxformat.json";
 
-	public static function format(input:FormatterInput, ?config:Config, ?lineSeparator:String, ?entryPoint:TokenTreeEntryPoint,
-			?range:FormatterInputRange):Result {
+	public static function format(input:FormatterInput, ?config:Config, ?lineSeparator:String, ?entryPoint:TokenTreeEntryPoint, ?range:FormatterInputRange,
+			?indentOffset:Int):Result {
 		if (config == null) {
 			config = new Config();
 		}
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class Formatter {
 					config: config,
 					lineSeparator: lineSeparator,
 					entryPoint: entryPoint,
-					range: range
+					range: range,
+					indentOffset: indentOffset
 				};
 				return formatInputData(inputData);
 			#end
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ class Formatter {
 					config: config,
 					lineSeparator: lineSeparator,
 					entryPoint: entryPoint,
-					range: range
+					range: range,
+					indentOffset: indentOffset
 				};
 				return formatInputData(inputData);
 			case Tokens(tokenList, tokenTree, code, origin):
@@ -78,7 +80,8 @@ class Formatter {
 					config: config,
 					lineSeparator: lineSeparator,
 					entryPoint: entryPoint,
-					range: range
+					range: range,
+					indentOffset: indentOffset
 				};
 				return formatInputData(inputData);
 		}
@@ -119,6 +122,9 @@ class Formatter {
 
 			var indenter = new Indenter(config.indentation);
 			indenter.setParsedCode(parsedCode);
+			if (inputData.indentOffset != null) {
+				indenter.setIndentOffset(inputData.indentOffset);
+			}
 
 			var markTokenText = new MarkTokenText(config, parsedCode, indenter);
 			var markWhitespace = new MarkWhitespace(config, parsedCode, indenter);
diff --git a/src/formatter/codedata/FormatterInputData.hx b/src/formatter/codedata/FormatterInputData.hx
index d55e672..f80b64e 100644
--- a/src/formatter/codedata/FormatterInputData.hx
+++ b/src/formatter/codedata/FormatterInputData.hx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package formatter.codedata;
 
-import tokentree.TokenTreeBuilder.TokenTreeEntryPoint;
 import formatter.config.Config;
+import tokentree.TokenTreeBuilder.TokenTreeEntryPoint;
 
 typedef FormatterInputData = {
 	var fileName:String;
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ typedef FormatterInputData = {
 	@:optional var entryPoint:TokenTreeEntryPoint;
 	@:optional var lineSeparator:String;
 	@:optional var range:FormatterInputRange;
+	@:optional var indentOffset:Int;
 }
 
 typedef FormatterInputRange = {
diff --git a/src/formatter/marker/Indenter.hx b/src/formatter/marker/Indenter.hx
index cd813f7..b256ca9 100644
--- a/src/formatter/marker/Indenter.hx
+++ b/src/formatter/marker/Indenter.hx
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ import sys.io.FileOutput;
 class Indenter {
 	var config:IndentationConfig;
 	var parsedCode:Null<ParsedCode>;
+	var indentOffset:Int;
 
 	public function new(config:IndentationConfig) {
 		this.config = config;
+		indentOffset = 0;
 		if (config.character.toLowerCase() == "tab") {
 			config.character = "\t";
 		}
@@ -21,6 +23,13 @@ class Indenter {
 		this.parsedCode = parsedCode;
 	}
 
+	public function setIndentOffset(indentOffset:Int) {
+		if (indentOffset < 0) {
+			indentOffset = 0;
+		}
+		this.indentOffset = indentOffset;
+	}
+
 	public function makeIndent(token:TokenTree):String {
 		return makeIndentString(calcIndent(token));
 	}
@@ -37,6 +46,10 @@ class Indenter {
 	}
 
 	public function calcIndent(token:TokenTree):Int {
+		return calcRealIndent(token) + indentOffset;
+	}
+
+	function calcRealIndent(token:TokenTree):Int {
 		if (token == null) {
 			return 0;
 		}