diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/spelling/SpellCheckCollator.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/spelling/SpellCheckCollator.java
index 3394de1c91da..20f349181977 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/spelling/SpellCheckCollator.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/spelling/SpellCheckCollator.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class SpellCheckCollator {
   private int maxCollationEvaluations = 10000;
   private boolean suggestionsMayOverlap = false;
   private int docCollectionLimit = 0;
+  private boolean addParenthesis = false;
 
   public List<SpellCheckCollation> collate(SpellingResult result,
       String originalQuery, ResponseBuilder ultimateResponse) {
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ public List<SpellCheckCollation> collate(SpellingResult result,
       PossibilityIterator.RankedSpellPossibility possibility = possibilityIter.next();
       String collationQueryStr = getCollation(originalQuery, possibility.corrections);
       int hits = 0;
+      // Multi-term token suggestions need to be treated as same position or not
+      addParenthesis = ultimateResponse.req.getParams().getBool("spellcheck.samePositionTokens",false);
 
       if (verifyCandidateWithQuery) {
         tryNo++;
@@ -201,7 +204,6 @@ private String getCollation(String origQuery,
       if (tok.getPositionIncrement() == 0)
         continue;
       corr = correction.getCorrection();
-      boolean addParenthesis = false;
       Character requiredOrProhibited = null;
       int indexOfSpace = corr.indexOf(' ');
       StringBuilder corrSb = new StringBuilder(corr);
@@ -210,7 +212,6 @@ private String getCollation(String origQuery,
       //If the correction contains whitespace (because it involved breaking a word in 2+ words),
       //then be sure all of the new words have the same optional/required/prohibited status in the query.
       while(indexOfSpace>-1 && indexOfSpace<corr.length()-1) {
-        addParenthesis = true;
         char previousChar = tok.startOffset()>0 ? origQuery.charAt(tok.startOffset()-1) : ' ';
         if(previousChar=='-' || previousChar=='+') {
           corrSb.insert(indexOfSpace + bump, previousChar);