diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Muse.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Muse.hs
index 293bc627c..c8868b20d 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Muse.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Muse.hs
@@ -169,9 +169,10 @@ parseHtmlContent :: PandocMonad m
                  => String -> MuseParser m (Attr, F Blocks)
 parseHtmlContent tag = try $ do
   many spaceChar
+  pos <- getPosition
   (TagOpen _ attr, _) <- htmlTag (~== TagOpen tag [])
   manyTill spaceChar eol
-  content <- parseBlocksTill (try $ manyTill spaceChar endtag)
+  content <- parseBlocksTill (try $ ((count (sourceColumn pos - 1) spaceChar) >> endtag))
   manyTill spaceChar eol -- closing tag must be followed by optional whitespace and newline
   return (htmlAttrToPandoc attr, content)
   where
diff --git a/test/Tests/Readers/Muse.hs b/test/Tests/Readers/Muse.hs
index f64927ff1..f961083ef 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Readers/Muse.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Readers/Muse.hs
@@ -1242,5 +1242,23 @@ tests =
           , "   </verse>"
           ] =?>
         bulletList [ para "<quote>" <> lineBlock [ "</quote>" ] ]
+
+      -- Allowing indented closing tags is dangerous,
+      -- as they may terminate lists
+      , "No indented closing tags" =:
+        T.unlines
+          [ "<quote>"
+          , ""
+          , " - Foo"
+          , ""
+          , "   </quote>"
+          , ""
+          , "   bar"
+          , ""
+          , "   <verse>"
+          , "   </quote>"
+          , "   </verse>"
+          ] =?>
+        para "<quote>" <> bulletList [ para "Foo" <> para "</quote>" <> para "bar" <> lineBlock [ "</quote>" ] ]
       ]
   ]