diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Muse.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Muse.hs
index c4614113c..5b08f0d63 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Muse.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Muse.hs
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ renderInlineList True [] = pure "<verbatim></verbatim>"
 renderInlineList False [] = pure ""
 renderInlineList start (x:xs) = do r <- inlineToMuse x
                                    opts <- gets stOptions
-                                   lst' <- renderInlineList (x == SoftBreak && writerWrapText opts == WrapPreserve) xs
+                                   lst' <- renderInlineList ((x == SoftBreak && writerWrapText opts == WrapPreserve) || x == LineBreak) xs
                                    if start && fixOrEscape x
                                      then pure (text "<verbatim></verbatim>" <> r <> lst')
                                      else pure (r <> lst')
diff --git a/test/Tests/Writers/Muse.hs b/test/Tests/Writers/Muse.hs
index 1412739cb..c1bec1ba2 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Writers/Muse.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Writers/Muse.hs
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ tests = [ testGroup "block elements"
                       ]
             , "escape ; to avoid accidental comments" =: text "; foo" =?> "<verbatim></verbatim>; foo"
             , "escape ; after softbreak" =: text "foo" <> softbreak <> text "; bar" =?> "foo\n<verbatim></verbatim>; bar"
+            , "escape ; after linebreak" =: text "foo" <> linebreak <> text "; bar" =?> "foo<br>\n<verbatim></verbatim>; bar"
             ]
           , testGroup "emphasis"
             [ "emph" =: emph (text "foo") =?> "<em>foo</em>"
diff --git a/test/writer.muse b/test/writer.muse
index fe278af65..abb6b63fe 100644
--- a/test/writer.muse
+++ b/test/writer.muse
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ item.
 Here’s one with a bullet. <verbatim>*</verbatim> criminey.
 
 There should be a hard line break<br>
-here.
+<verbatim></verbatim>here.
 
 ----