diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index cc430e627..187c3638f 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ReflowComments: "false"
 SortIncludes: "true"
 SpaceAfterCStyleCast: "false"
 SpacesBeforeTrailingComments: "2"
+# SpaceInEmptyBlock: "true"
 SpacesInAngles: "true"
 SpacesInParentheses: "true"
 SpacesInSquareBrackets: "true"
diff --git a/ci/calamaresstyle b/ci/calamaresstyle
index 6a8285124..44f9fe91f 100755
--- a/ci/calamaresstyle
+++ b/ci/calamaresstyle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export LANG LC_ALL LC_NUMERIC
 
 AS=$( which astyle )
 
-CF_VERSIONS="clang-format-7 clang-format-8 clang-format70 clang-format80 clang-format"
+CF_VERSIONS="clang-format-7 clang-format-8 clang-format70 clang-format80 clang-format-9.0.1 clang-format"
 for _cf in $CF_VERSIONS
 do
 	# Not an error if this particular clang-format isn't found
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ test -n "$CF" || { echo "! No clang-format ($CF_VERSIONS) found in PATH"; exit 1
 test -x "$AS" || { echo "! $AS is not executable."; exit 1 ; }
 test -x "$CF" || { echo "! $CF is not executable."; exit 1 ; }
 
+expr `"$CF" --version | tr -dc '[^.0-9]' | cut  -d . -f 1` '<' 10 > /dev/null ||  { echo "! $CF is version 10 or later, needs different .clang-format" ; exit 1 ; }
+
 set -e
 
 any_dirs=no