1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org.hs
index 62421d2fb..5c00a1b27 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org.hs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import           Text.Pandoc.Options
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Parsing as P
 import           Text.Pandoc.Parsing hiding ( F, unF, askF, asksF, runF
                                             , newline, orderedListMarker
-                                            , parseFromString
+                                            , parseFromString, blanklines
                                             )
 import           Text.Pandoc.Readers.LaTeX (inlineCommand, rawLaTeXInline)
 import           Text.Pandoc.Shared (compactify', compactify'DL)
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ newline =
        <* updateLastPreCharPos
        <* updateLastForbiddenCharPos
 
+-- | Like @Text.Parsec.Char.blanklines@, but causes additional state changes.
+blanklines :: OrgParser [Char]
+blanklines =
+  P.blanklines
+       <* updateLastPreCharPos
+       <* updateLastForbiddenCharPos
+
 --
 -- parsing blocks
 --
@@ -856,7 +863,7 @@ definitionListItem parseMarkerGetLength = try $ do
   line1 <- anyLineNewline
   blank <- option "" ("\n" <$ blankline)
   cont <- concat <$> many (listContinuation markerLength)
-  term' <- parseFromString inline term
+  term' <- parseFromString parseInlines term
   contents' <- parseFromString parseBlocks $ line1 ++ blank ++ cont
   return $ (,) <$> term' <*> fmap (:[]) contents'