diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
index 00355b5d5..83e4fc681 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Man.hs
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ escapeLexer = try $ do
     '|' -> return " "
     '\'' -> return "`"
     '.' -> return "`"
+    '~' -> return "\160" -- nonbreaking space
     _   -> escUnknown [c] "\xFFFD"
 
   where