3 files changed, 40 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
index 000a8b97a..83c5383bd 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
@@ -355,7 +355,21 @@ blockQuote = try (do
 -- list blocks
 --
 
-list = choice [ bulletList, orderedList ] <?> "list"
+list = choice [ bulletList, orderedList, definitionList ] <?> "list"
+
+definitionListItem = try $ do
+  term <- many1Till inline endline
+  raw <- indentedBlock True
+  -- parse the extracted block, which may contain various block elements:
+  rest <- getInput
+  setInput $ raw ++ "\n\n"
+  contents <- parseBlocks
+  setInput rest
+  return (normalizeSpaces term, contents)
+
+definitionList = try $ do
+  items <- many1 definitionListItem 
+  return (DefinitionList items)
 
 -- parses bullet list start and returns its length (inc. following whitespace)
 bulletListStart = try (do
diff --git a/tests/rst-reader.native b/tests/rst-reader.native
index 6c01dc246..b783145fb 100644
--- a/tests/rst-reader.native
+++ b/tests/rst-reader.native
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ Pandoc (Meta [Str "Pandoc",Space,Str "Test",Space,Str "Suite",Str ":",Space,Str
         [ [ Plain [Str "Fee"] ]
         , [ Plain [Str "Fie"] ]
         , [ Plain [Str "Foe"] ] ] ] ], [ Para [Str "Third"] ] ]
+, Header 2 [Str "Definition"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Str "term",Space,Str "1"],
+     [ Para [Str "Definition",Space,Str "1."] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "term",Space,Str "2"],
+     [ Para [Str "Definition",Space,Str "2,",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "1."]
+     , Para [Str "Definition",Space,Str "2,",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "2."] ]  ),
+    ([Str "term",Space,Str "with",Space,Emph [Str "emphasis"]],
+     [ Para [Str "Definition",Space,Str "3."] ]
+    ) ]
 , Header 1 [Str "HTML",Space,Str "Blocks"]
 , Para [Str "Simple",Space,Str "block",Space,Str "on",Space,Str "one",Space,Str "line",Str ":"]
 , RawHtml "<div>foo</div>\n"
diff --git a/tests/rst-reader.rst b/tests/rst-reader.rst
index cedc7b4ae..a31c14b3a 100644
--- a/tests/rst-reader.rst
+++ b/tests/rst-reader.rst
@@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ Here's another:
 
 3. Third 
 
+Definition
+----------
+
+term 1
+    Definition 1.
+
+term 2
+    Definition 2, paragraph 1.
+
+    Definition 2, paragraph 2.
+
+term with *emphasis* 
+    Definition 3.
+
 HTML Blocks
 ===========