2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
index b32264d61..2c1034d1f 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
@@ -347,9 +347,16 @@ pRawTag = do
 pDiv :: TagParser Blocks
 pDiv = try $ do
   guardEnabled Ext_native_divs
-  TagOpen _ attr <- lookAhead $ pSatisfy $ tagOpen (=="div") (const True)
-  contents <- pInTags "div" block
-  return $ B.divWith (mkAttr attr) contents
+  let isDivLike "div" = True
+      isDivLike "section" = True
+      isDivLike _ = False
+  TagOpen tag attr <- lookAhead $ pSatisfy $ tagOpen isDivLike (const True)
+  contents <- pInTags tag block
+  let (ident, classes, kvs) = mkAttr attr
+  let classes' = if tag == "section"
+                    then "section":classes
+                    else classes
+  return $ B.divWith (ident, classes', kvs) contents
 
 pRawHtmlBlock :: TagParser Blocks
 pRawHtmlBlock = do
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
index a2778ea97..6218de324 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
@@ -448,12 +448,15 @@ blockToHtml opts (Para [Image txt (s,'f':'i':'g':':':tit)]) = do
 blockToHtml opts (Para lst) = do
   contents <- inlineListToHtml opts lst
   return $ H.p contents
-blockToHtml opts (Div attr@(_,classes,_) bs) = do
+blockToHtml opts (Div attr@(ident, classes, kvs) bs) = do
   let speakerNotes = "notes" `elem` classes
   -- we don't want incremental output inside speaker notes, see #1394
   let opts' = if speakerNotes then opts{ writerIncremental = False } else opts
   contents <- blockListToHtml opts' bs
   let contents' = nl opts >> contents >> nl opts
+  let (divtag, classes') = if writerHtml5 opts && "section" `elem` classes
+                              then (H5.section, filter (/= "section") classes)
+                              else (H.div, classes)
   return $
      if speakerNotes
         then case writerSlideVariant opts of
@@ -462,7 +465,7 @@ blockToHtml opts (Div attr@(_,classes,_) bs) = do
                                       ! (H5.customAttribute "role" "note")
                   NoSlides       -> addAttrs opts' attr $ H.div $ contents'
                   _              -> mempty
-        else addAttrs opts attr $ H.div $ contents'
+        else addAttrs opts (ident, classes', kvs) $ divtag $ contents'
 blockToHtml opts (RawBlock f str)
   | f == Format "html" = return $ preEscapedString str
   | f == Format "latex" =