diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/NoopExpression.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/NoopExpression.java
index e3843c4a9..7808f7be4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/NoopExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/NoopExpression.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class NoopExpression implements SpiExpression {
 
   @Override
   public void addSql(SpiExpressionRequest request) {
-    request.append("1=1");
+    request.append("1=1 ");
   }
 
   @Override