diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DecompilerSettings.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DecompilerSettings.cs
index 6e3f0da9b..378085fb1 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DecompilerSettings.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DecompilerSettings.cs
@@ -686,6 +686,19 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler
 			}
 		}
 
+		bool expandUsingDeclarations = false;
+
+		[Browsable(false)]
+		public bool ExpandUsingDeclarations {
+			get { return expandUsingDeclarations; }
+			set {
+				if (expandUsingDeclarations != value) {
+					expandUsingDeclarations = value;
+					OnPropertyChanged();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		bool decompileMemberBodies = true;
 
 		/// <summary>
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Output/TextTokenWriter.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Output/TextTokenWriter.cs
index 2f0a3d87b..ab5178bdf 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Output/TextTokenWriter.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Output/TextTokenWriter.cs
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp;
 using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp.OutputVisitor;
 using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp.Syntax;
 using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL;
-using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Metadata;
 using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem;
-using SRM = System.Reflection.Metadata;
 
 namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler
 {
@@ -40,9 +38,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler
 		bool firstUsingDeclaration;
 		bool lastUsingDeclaration;
 		
-		public bool FoldBraces = false;
-		public bool ExpandMemberDefinitions = false;
-		
 		public TextTokenWriter(ITextOutput output, DecompilerSettings settings, IDecompilerTypeSystem typeSystem)
 		{
 			if (output == null)
@@ -96,7 +91,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler
 			}
 
 			if (firstUsingDeclaration) {
-				output.MarkFoldStart(defaultCollapsed: true);
+				output.MarkFoldStart(defaultCollapsed: !settings.ExpandUsingDeclarations);
 				firstUsingDeclaration = false;
 			}
 
@@ -220,15 +215,15 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler
 					}
 					if (braceLevelWithinType >= 0 || nodeStack.Peek() is TypeDeclaration)
 						braceLevelWithinType++;
-					if (nodeStack.OfType<BlockStatement>().Count() <= 1 || FoldBraces) {
-						output.MarkFoldStart(defaultCollapsed: !ExpandMemberDefinitions && braceLevelWithinType == 1);
+					if (nodeStack.OfType<BlockStatement>().Count() <= 1 || settings.FoldBraces) {
+						output.MarkFoldStart(defaultCollapsed: !settings.ExpandMemberDefinitions && braceLevelWithinType == 1);
 					}
 					output.Write("{");
 					break;
 				case "}":
 					output.Write('}');
 					if (role != Roles.RBrace) break;
-					if (nodeStack.OfType<BlockStatement>().Count() <= 1 || FoldBraces)
+					if (nodeStack.OfType<BlockStatement>().Count() <= 1 || settings.FoldBraces)
 						output.MarkFoldEnd();
 					if (braceLevelWithinType >= 0)
 						braceLevelWithinType--;
diff --git a/ILSpy/DecompilationOptions.cs b/ILSpy/DecompilationOptions.cs
index ebb97187a..229e876b0 100644
--- a/ILSpy/DecompilationOptions.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/DecompilationOptions.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy
 			var newSettings = this.DecompilerSettings = settings.Clone();
 			newSettings.SetLanguageVersion(languageVersion);
 			newSettings.ExpandMemberDefinitions = displaySettings.ExpandMemberDefinitions;
+			newSettings.ExpandUsingDeclarations = displaySettings.ExpandUsingDeclarations;
 			newSettings.FoldBraces = displaySettings.FoldBraces;
 			newSettings.ShowDebugInfo = displaySettings.ShowDebugInfo;
 		}
diff --git a/ILSpy/Languages/CSharpLanguage.cs b/ILSpy/Languages/CSharpLanguage.cs
index 88239f9d1..25b09f4f4 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Languages/CSharpLanguage.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Languages/CSharpLanguage.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy
 		void WriteCode(ITextOutput output, DecompilerSettings settings, SyntaxTree syntaxTree, IDecompilerTypeSystem typeSystem)
 		{
 			syntaxTree.AcceptVisitor(new InsertParenthesesVisitor { InsertParenthesesForReadability = true });
-			TokenWriter tokenWriter = new TextTokenWriter(output, settings, typeSystem) { FoldBraces = settings.FoldBraces, ExpandMemberDefinitions = settings.ExpandMemberDefinitions };
+			TokenWriter tokenWriter = new TextTokenWriter(output, settings, typeSystem);
 			if (output is ISmartTextOutput highlightingOutput) {
 				tokenWriter = new CSharpHighlightingTokenWriter(tokenWriter, highlightingOutput);
 			}
diff --git a/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettings.cs b/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettings.cs
index caa02d470..e432c7238 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettings.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettings.cs
@@ -155,6 +155,18 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Options
 			}
 		}
 
+		bool expandUsingDeclarations = false;
+
+		public bool ExpandUsingDeclarations {
+			get { return expandUsingDeclarations; }
+			set {
+				if (expandUsingDeclarations != value) {
+					expandUsingDeclarations = value;
+					OnPropertyChanged();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		bool showDebugInfo;
 
 		public bool ShowDebugInfo {
@@ -179,6 +191,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Options
 			this.SortResults = s.sortResults;
 			this.FoldBraces = s.foldBraces;
 			this.ExpandMemberDefinitions = s.expandMemberDefinitions;
+			this.ExpandUsingDeclarations = s.expandUsingDeclarations;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettingsPanel.xaml b/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettingsPanel.xaml
index 334d17aaf..49e54fb7e 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettingsPanel.xaml
+++ b/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettingsPanel.xaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 				<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding FoldBraces}">Enable folding on all blocks in braces</CheckBox>
 				<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding SortResults}">Sort results by fitness</CheckBox>
 				<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding ExpandMemberDefinitions}">Expand member definitions after decompilation</CheckBox>
+				<CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding ExpandUsingDeclarations}">Expand using declarations after decompilation</CheckBox>
 			</StackPanel>
 		</GroupBox>
 	</Grid>
diff --git a/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettingsPanel.xaml.cs b/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettingsPanel.xaml.cs
index 4435287f6..07fa5bd78 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettingsPanel.xaml.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Options/DisplaySettingsPanel.xaml.cs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Options
 			s.SortResults = (bool?)e.Attribute("SortResults") ?? true;
 			s.FoldBraces = (bool?)e.Attribute("FoldBraces") ?? false;
 			s.ExpandMemberDefinitions = (bool?)e.Attribute("ExpandMemberDefinitions") ?? false;
+			s.ExpandUsingDeclarations = (bool?)e.Attribute("ExpandUsingDeclarations") ?? false;
 
 			return s;
 		}
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Options
 			section.SetAttributeValue("SortResults", s.SortResults);
 			section.SetAttributeValue("FoldBraces", s.FoldBraces);
 			section.SetAttributeValue("ExpandMemberDefinitions", s.ExpandMemberDefinitions);
+			section.SetAttributeValue("ExpandUsingDeclarations", s.ExpandUsingDeclarations);
 
 			XElement existingElement = root.Element("DisplaySettings");
 			if (existingElement != null)