3 files changed, 26 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
index 0562bd2ce..cd34da942 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
@@ -265,8 +265,20 @@ definitionList :: Parser [Char] ParserState Blocks
 definitionList = try $ B.definitionList <$> many1 definitionListItem
 
 -- | List start character.
-listStart :: Parser [Char] st Char
-listStart = oneOf "*#-"
+listStart :: Parser [Char] ParserState ()
+listStart = genericListStart '*'
+        <|> () <$ genericListStart '#'
+        <|> () <$ definitionListStart
+
+genericListStart :: Char -> Parser [Char] st ()
+genericListStart c = () <$ try (many1 (char c) >> whitespace)
+
+definitionListStart :: Parser [Char] ParserState Inlines
+definitionListStart = try $ do
+  char '-'
+  whitespace
+  trimInlines . mconcat <$>
+    many1Till inline (try (string ":=")) <* optional whitespace
 
 listInline :: Parser [Char] ParserState Inlines
 listInline = try (notFollowedBy newline >> inline)
@@ -278,8 +290,7 @@ listInline = try (notFollowedBy newline >> inline)
 -- break.
 definitionListItem :: Parser [Char] ParserState (Inlines, [Blocks])
 definitionListItem = try $ do
-  string "- "
-  term <- mconcat <$> many1Till inline (try (whitespace >> string ":="))
+  term <- definitionListStart
   def' <- multilineDef <|> inlineDef
   return (term, def')
   where inlineDef :: Parser [Char] ParserState [Blocks]
@@ -488,7 +499,7 @@ str = do
   return $ B.str fullStr
 
 -- | Some number of space chars
-whitespace :: Parser [Char] ParserState Inlines
+whitespace :: Parser [Char] st Inlines
 whitespace = many1 spaceChar >> return B.space <?> "whitespace"
 
 -- | In Textile, an isolated endline character is a line break
diff --git a/tests/textile-reader.native b/tests/textile-reader.native
index a17bd8de1..f82c4a896 100644
--- a/tests/textile-reader.native
+++ b/tests/textile-reader.native
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Pandoc (Meta {unMeta = fromList []})
     ,BulletList
      [[Plain [Str "ui",Space,Str "2.1.1"]]
      ,[Plain [Str "ui",Space,Str "2.1.2"]]]]]]]
+,Header 2 ("issue-1500",[],[]) [Str "Issue",Space,Str "#1500"]
+,BulletList
+ [[Plain [Str "one"]]
+ ,[Plain [Str "two",LineBreak,Str "->",Space,Str "and",Space,Str "more"]]]
 ,Header 2 ("definition-list",[],[]) [Str "Definition",Space,Str "List"]
 ,DefinitionList
  [([Str "coffee"],
diff --git a/tests/textile-reader.textile b/tests/textile-reader.textile
index 73c36b0d1..c0c0659b7 100644
--- a/tests/textile-reader.textile
+++ b/tests/textile-reader.textile
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ h2. Nested
 *** ui 2.1.1
 *** ui 2.1.2
 
+h2. Issue #1500
+
+* one
+* two
+-> and more
+
 h2. Definition List
 
 - coffee := Hot and black