diff --git a/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.amendment.xsl b/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.amendment.xsl
index 4b6ec86..649ad8e 100644
--- a/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.amendment.xsl
+++ b/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.amendment.xsl
@@ -14309,6 +14309,7 @@
 
 	<!-- Normative references -->
 	<xsl:template match="*[local-name() = 'references'][@normative='true']/*[local-name() = 'bibitem']" name="bibitem" priority="2">
+		<xsl:param name="skip" select="normalize-space(preceding-sibling::*[1][local-name() = 'bibitem'] and 1 = 1)"/> <!-- current bibiitem is non-first -->
 
 				<fo:block id="{@id}" xsl:use-attribute-sets="bibitem-normative-style">
 
diff --git a/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.standard.xsl b/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.standard.xsl
index 4b6ec86..649ad8e 100644
--- a/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.standard.xsl
+++ b/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.standard.xsl
@@ -14309,6 +14309,7 @@
 
 	<!-- Normative references -->
 	<xsl:template match="*[local-name() = 'references'][@normative='true']/*[local-name() = 'bibitem']" name="bibitem" priority="2">
+		<xsl:param name="skip" select="normalize-space(preceding-sibling::*[1][local-name() = 'bibitem'] and 1 = 1)"/> <!-- current bibiitem is non-first -->
 
 				<fo:block id="{@id}" xsl:use-attribute-sets="bibitem-normative-style">