diff --git a/modules/tabular.xml b/modules/tabular.xml
index 562c445..0c8980f 100755
--- a/modules/tabular.xml
+++ b/modules/tabular.xml
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@
 	<template name="row" match="row">
 		<common formats="/latex/xelatex/">
 			<xsl:apply-templates />
-			<xsl:if test="not( position() = last() )">
-				<xsl:text> \\</xsl:text>
-			</xsl:if>
+			<xsl:text> \\</xsl:text>
 			<xsl:if test="@no-page-break = 'yes'"><xsl:text>*</xsl:text></xsl:if>
 			<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
 		</common>
@@ -215,6 +213,21 @@
 		</common>
 	</template>
 	
+	<!--
+		The last row of a tabular in (Xe)LaTeX shouldn't have a \\ at the end (it still works, but I think you end up with too much white space after the tabular).
+		
+		Case 1: There's no tabular-footer, so apply this to the last row of the tabular-body.
+		Case 2: Last row of the tabular-footer, if it exists.
+	-->
+	<template name="last-row-body" match="tabular-body/row[( position() = last() ) and not( ../following-sibling::tabular-footer )]|tabular-footer/row[position() = last()]">
+		<common formats="/latex/xelatex/">
+			<xsl:apply-templates />
+			<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
+		</common>
+		<common formats="/html/xhtml/">
+			<xsl:call-template name="row" />
+		</common>
+	</template>
 	
 	<!--
 		Horizontal rules (LaTeX only).