diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index 2240a008d..ba5676619 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ environments = M.fromList
   , ("tabular", env "tabular" simpTable)
   , ("quote", blockQuote <$> env "quote" blocks)
   , ("quotation", blockQuote <$> env "quotation" blocks)
+  , ("verse", blockQuote <$> env "verse" blocks)
   , ("itemize", bulletList <$> listenv "itemize" (many item))
   , ("description", definitionList <$> listenv "description" (many descItem))
   , ("enumerate", ordered_list)