diff --git a/addons/account_check_printing/tests/test_print_check.py b/addons/account_check_printing/tests/test_print_check.py
index c3b343e2485..e82a14930f9 100644
--- a/addons/account_check_printing/tests/test_print_check.py
+++ b/addons/account_check_printing/tests/test_print_check.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from odoo.addons.account.tests.common import AccountTestInvoicingCommon
 from odoo.addons.account_check_printing.models.account_payment import INV_LINES_PER_STUB
 from odoo.tests import tagged
+from odoo.tools.misc import NON_BREAKING_SPACE
 
 import math
 
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ class TestPrintCheck(AccountTestInvoicingCommon):
         self.assertEqual(stub_pages, [[{
             'due_date': '01/01/2016',
             'number': invoice.name,
-            'amount_total': '$ 100.00',
-            'amount_residual': '$ 50.00',
-            'amount_paid': '150.000 ☺',
+            'amount_total': f'${NON_BREAKING_SPACE}100.00',
+            'amount_residual': f'${NON_BREAKING_SPACE}50.00',
+            'amount_paid': f'150.000{NON_BREAKING_SPACE}☺',
             'currency': invoice.currency_id,
         }]])
diff --git a/odoo/tools/misc.py b/odoo/tools/misc.py
index 7d7bb1fea5b..93dab1664cf 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/misc.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/misc.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ SKIPPED_ELEMENT_TYPES = (etree._Comment, etree._ProcessingInstruction, etree.Com
 # Configure default global parser
 etree.set_default_parser(etree.XMLParser(resolve_entities=False))
 
+NON_BREAKING_SPACE = u'\N{NO-BREAK SPACE}'
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # Subprocesses
 #----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1316,9 +1318,9 @@ def formatLang(env, value, digits=None, grouping=True, monetary=False, dp=False,
 
     if currency_obj and currency_obj.symbol:
         if currency_obj.position == 'after':
-            res = '%s %s' % (res, currency_obj.symbol)
+            res = '%s%s%s' % (res, NON_BREAKING_SPACE, currency_obj.symbol)
         elif currency_obj and currency_obj.position == 'before':
-            res = '%s %s' % (currency_obj.symbol, res)
+            res = '%s%s%s' % (currency_obj.symbol, NON_BREAKING_SPACE, res)
     return res