diff --git a/ion/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonFactory.java b/ion/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonFactory.java
index eb081a753..f178beb24 100644
--- a/ion/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonFactory.java
+++ b/ion/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonFactory.java
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ protected IonWriter _createTextualIonWriter(ObjectWriteContext writeCtxt,
         // 18-Feb-2021, tatu: [dataformats-binary#245] pretty-printing.
         //   note: Cannot really make use of Jackson PP, just rely on Ion default
         //   (for now?)
-        if (writeCtxt.hasPrettyPrinter()) {
+        if (writeCtxt.getPrettyPrinter() != null) {
             return IonTextWriterBuilder.pretty().build(w);
         }
         return _system.newTextWriter(w);
diff --git a/ion/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/PrettyPrintWriteTest.java b/ion/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/PrettyPrintWriteTest.java
index 555c72de7..933b82ff7 100644
--- a/ion/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/PrettyPrintWriteTest.java
+++ b/ion/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/PrettyPrintWriteTest.java
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ public void testBasicPrettyPrintTextual() throws Exception
                 .writeValueAsString(new Point());
         assertEquals(EXP, ion.trim());
 
+        mapper = mapper.rebuild()
+                .enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
+                .build();
+        ion = mapper.writeValueAsString(new Point());
+        assertEquals(EXP, ion.trim());
+
         // But also no indentation if not requested
         ion = mapper.writer()
+                .without(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
                 .writeValueAsString(new Point());
         assertEquals("{x:1,y:2}", ion.trim());
     }