diff --git a/tests/testsuite.native b/tests/testsuite.native
index a35a32737..091a5898b 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.native
+++ b/tests/testsuite.native
@@ -151,6 +151,51 @@ Pandoc (Meta [Str "Pandoc",Space,Str "Test",Space,Str "Suite"] ["John MacFarlane
       [ [ Para [Str "this",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "an",Space,Str "example",Space,Str "list",Space,Str "item",Space,Str "indented",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "tabs"] ]
       , [ Para [Str "this",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "an",Space,Str "example",Space,Str "list",Space,Str "item",Space,Str "indented",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "spaces"] ] ] ] ]
 , HorizontalRule
+, Header 1 [Str "Definition",Space,Str "Lists"]
+, Para [Str "Tight",Space,Str "using",Space,Str "spaces:"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Str "apple"],
+     [ Plain [Str "red",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "orange"],
+     [ Plain [Str "orange",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "banana"],
+     [ Plain [Str "yellow",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ) ]
+, Para [Str "Tight",Space,Str "using",Space,Str "tabs:"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Str "apple"],
+     [ Plain [Str "red",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "orange"],
+     [ Plain [Str "orange",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "banana"],
+     [ Plain [Str "yellow",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ) ]
+, Para [Str "Loose:"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Str "apple"],
+     [ Para [Str "red",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "orange"],
+     [ Para [Str "orange",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "banana"],
+     [ Para [Str "yellow",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ) ]
+, Para [Str "Multiple",Space,Str "blocks",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "italics:"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Emph [Str "apple"]],
+     [ Para [Str "red",Space,Str "fruit"]
+     , Para [Str "contains",Space,Str "seeds,",Space,Str "crisp,",Space,Str "pleasant",Space,Str "to",Space,Str "taste"] ]  ),
+    ([Emph [Str "orange"]],
+     [ Para [Str "orange",Space,Str "fruit"]
+     , CodeBlock "{ orange code block }"
+     , BlockQuote
+       [ Para [Str "orange",Space,Str "block",Space,Str "quote"] ]
+      ]  ) ]
 , Header 1 [Str "HTML",Space,Str "Blocks"]
 , Para [Str "Simple",Space,Str "block",Space,Str "on",Space,Str "one",Space,Str "line:"]
 , RawHtml "<div>"
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.txt b/tests/testsuite.txt
index e65e98193..0152af8a7 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.txt
+++ b/tests/testsuite.txt
@@ -257,6 +257,52 @@ Same thing but with paragraphs:
 
   *   *   *   *   *
 
+# Definition Lists
+
+Tight using spaces:
+
+apple
+:   red fruit
+orange
+:   orange fruit
+banana
+:   yellow fruit
+
+Tight using tabs:
+
+apple
+:	red fruit
+orange
+:	orange fruit
+banana
+:	yellow fruit
+
+Loose:
+
+apple
+:   red fruit
+
+orange
+:   orange fruit
+
+banana
+:   yellow fruit
+
+Multiple blocks with italics:
+
+*apple*
+:   red fruit
+
+:   contains seeds,
+    crisp, pleasant to taste
+
+*orange*
+:   orange fruit
+
+:       { orange code block }
+
+:   > orange block quote
+
 # HTML Blocks
 
 Simple block on one line:
diff --git a/tests/writer.docbook b/tests/writer.docbook
index 675a115cc..7ebe9c251 100644
--- a/tests/writer.docbook
+++ b/tests/writer.docbook
@@ -549,6 +549,150 @@ These should not be escaped:  \$ \\ \&gt; \[ \{
       </itemizedlist>
     </section>
   </section>
+  <section>
+    <title>Definition Lists</title>
+    <para>
+      Tight using spaces:
+    </para>
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          apple
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            red fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          orange
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            orange fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          banana
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            yellow fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+    <para>
+      Tight using tabs:
+    </para>
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          apple
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            red fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          orange
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            orange fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          banana
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            yellow fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+    <para>
+      Loose:
+    </para>
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          apple
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            red fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          orange
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            orange fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          banana
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            yellow fruit
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+    <para>
+      Multiple blocks with italics:
+    </para>
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          <emphasis>apple</emphasis>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            red fruit
+          </para>
+          <para>
+            contains seeds, crisp, pleasant to taste
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          <emphasis>orange</emphasis>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            orange fruit
+          </para>
+          <screen>
+{ orange code block }
+</screen>
+          <blockquote>
+            <para>
+              orange block quote
+            </para>
+          </blockquote>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </section>
   <section>
     <title>Inline Markup</title>
     <para>
diff --git a/tests/writer.html b/tests/writer.html
index 9ac41494c..1e167711b 100644
--- a/tests/writer.html
+++ b/tests/writer.html
@@ -388,6 +388,93 @@ These should not be escaped:  \$ \\ \&gt; \[ \{
       ></ul
     ><hr
      /><h1
+    >Definition Lists</h1
+    ><p
+    >Tight using spaces:</p
+    ><dl
+    ><dt
+      >apple</dt
+      ><dd
+      >red fruit</dd
+      ><dt
+      >orange</dt
+      ><dd
+      >orange fruit</dd
+      ><dt
+      >banana</dt
+      ><dd
+      >yellow fruit</dd
+      ></dl
+    ><p
+    >Tight using tabs:</p
+    ><dl
+    ><dt
+      >apple</dt
+      ><dd
+      >red fruit</dd
+      ><dt
+      >orange</dt
+      ><dd
+      >orange fruit</dd
+      ><dt
+      >banana</dt
+      ><dd
+      >yellow fruit</dd
+      ></dl
+    ><p
+    >Loose:</p
+    ><dl
+    ><dt
+      >apple</dt
+      ><dd
+      ><p
+	>red fruit</p
+	></dd
+      ><dt
+      >orange</dt
+      ><dd
+      ><p
+	>orange fruit</p
+	></dd
+      ><dt
+      >banana</dt
+      ><dd
+      ><p
+	>yellow fruit</p
+	></dd
+      ></dl
+    ><p
+    >Multiple blocks with italics:</p
+    ><dl
+    ><dt
+      ><em
+	>apple</em
+	></dt
+      ><dd
+      ><p
+	>red fruit</p
+	><p
+	>contains seeds, crisp, pleasant to taste</p
+	></dd
+      ><dt
+      ><em
+	>orange</em
+	></dt
+      ><dd
+      ><p
+	>orange fruit</p
+	><pre
+	><code
+	  >{ orange code block }
+</code
+	  ></pre
+	><blockquote
+	><p
+	  >orange block quote</p
+	  ></blockquote
+	></dd
+      ></dl
+    ><h1
     >HTML Blocks</h1
     ><p
     >Simple block on one line:</p
diff --git a/tests/writer.latex b/tests/writer.latex
index e7b4d08e4..a3bdc06d0 100644
--- a/tests/writer.latex
+++ b/tests/writer.latex
@@ -304,6 +304,49 @@ Same thing but with paragraphs:
 \end{itemize}
 \begin{center}\rule{3in}{0.4pt}\end{center}
 
+\section{Definition Lists}
+
+Tight using spaces:
+
+\begin{description}
+\item[apple] red fruit
+\item[orange] orange fruit
+\item[banana] yellow fruit
+\end{description}
+Tight using tabs:
+
+\begin{description}
+\item[apple] red fruit
+\item[orange] orange fruit
+\item[banana] yellow fruit
+\end{description}
+Loose:
+
+\begin{description}
+\item[apple] red fruit
+
+\item[orange] orange fruit
+
+\item[banana] yellow fruit
+
+\end{description}
+Multiple blocks with italics:
+
+\begin{description}
+\item[\emph{apple}] red fruit
+
+contains seeds, crisp, pleasant to taste
+
+\item[\emph{orange}] orange fruit
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+{ orange code block }
+\end{verbatim}
+\begin{quote}
+orange block quote
+
+\end{quote}
+\end{description}
 \section{HTML Blocks}
 
 Simple block on one line:
diff --git a/tests/writer.markdown b/tests/writer.markdown
index a80857cc2..0dbd321af 100644
--- a/tests/writer.markdown
+++ b/tests/writer.markdown
@@ -256,6 +256,53 @@ Same thing but with paragraphs:
 
 * * * * *
 
+# Definition Lists
+
+Tight using spaces:
+
+apple
+:   red fruit
+orange
+:   orange fruit
+banana
+:   yellow fruit
+
+Tight using tabs:
+
+apple
+:   red fruit
+orange
+:   orange fruit
+banana
+:   yellow fruit
+
+Loose:
+
+apple
+:   red fruit
+
+orange
+:   orange fruit
+
+banana
+:   yellow fruit
+
+
+Multiple blocks with italics:
+
+*apple*
+:   red fruit
+
+:   contains seeds, crisp, pleasant to taste
+
+*orange*
+:   orange fruit
+
+:       { orange code block }
+
+:   > orange block quote
+
+
 # HTML Blocks
 
 Simple block on one line:
diff --git a/tests/writer.native b/tests/writer.native
index a35a32737..091a5898b 100644
--- a/tests/writer.native
+++ b/tests/writer.native
@@ -151,6 +151,51 @@ Pandoc (Meta [Str "Pandoc",Space,Str "Test",Space,Str "Suite"] ["John MacFarlane
       [ [ Para [Str "this",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "an",Space,Str "example",Space,Str "list",Space,Str "item",Space,Str "indented",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "tabs"] ]
       , [ Para [Str "this",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "an",Space,Str "example",Space,Str "list",Space,Str "item",Space,Str "indented",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "spaces"] ] ] ] ]
 , HorizontalRule
+, Header 1 [Str "Definition",Space,Str "Lists"]
+, Para [Str "Tight",Space,Str "using",Space,Str "spaces:"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Str "apple"],
+     [ Plain [Str "red",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "orange"],
+     [ Plain [Str "orange",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "banana"],
+     [ Plain [Str "yellow",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ) ]
+, Para [Str "Tight",Space,Str "using",Space,Str "tabs:"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Str "apple"],
+     [ Plain [Str "red",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "orange"],
+     [ Plain [Str "orange",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "banana"],
+     [ Plain [Str "yellow",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ) ]
+, Para [Str "Loose:"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Str "apple"],
+     [ Para [Str "red",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "orange"],
+     [ Para [Str "orange",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ),
+    ([Str "banana"],
+     [ Para [Str "yellow",Space,Str "fruit"] ]
+    ) ]
+, Para [Str "Multiple",Space,Str "blocks",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "italics:"]
+, DefinitionList
+  [  ([Emph [Str "apple"]],
+     [ Para [Str "red",Space,Str "fruit"]
+     , Para [Str "contains",Space,Str "seeds,",Space,Str "crisp,",Space,Str "pleasant",Space,Str "to",Space,Str "taste"] ]  ),
+    ([Emph [Str "orange"]],
+     [ Para [Str "orange",Space,Str "fruit"]
+     , CodeBlock "{ orange code block }"
+     , BlockQuote
+       [ Para [Str "orange",Space,Str "block",Space,Str "quote"] ]
+      ]  ) ]
 , Header 1 [Str "HTML",Space,Str "Blocks"]
 , Para [Str "Simple",Space,Str "block",Space,Str "on",Space,Str "one",Space,Str "line:"]
 , RawHtml "<div>"
diff --git a/tests/writer.rst b/tests/writer.rst
index 1a3bb764e..178709952 100644
--- a/tests/writer.rst
+++ b/tests/writer.rst
@@ -287,6 +287,57 @@ Tabs and spaces
 
 --------------
 
+Definition Lists
+================
+
+Tight using spaces:
+
+apple
+    red fruit
+orange
+    orange fruit
+banana
+    yellow fruit
+
+Tight using tabs:
+
+apple
+    red fruit
+orange
+    orange fruit
+banana
+    yellow fruit
+
+Loose:
+
+apple
+    red fruit
+
+orange
+    orange fruit
+
+banana
+    yellow fruit
+
+
+Multiple blocks with italics:
+
+*apple*
+    red fruit
+
+    contains seeds, crisp, pleasant to taste
+
+*orange*
+    orange fruit
+
+    ::
+
+        { orange code block }
+
+        orange block quote
+
+
+
 HTML Blocks
 ===========
 
diff --git a/tests/writer.rtf b/tests/writer.rtf
index a6cf9b41d..133a29049 100644
--- a/tests/writer.rtf
+++ b/tests/writer.rtf
@@ -141,6 +141,36 @@ These should not be escaped:  \\$ \\\\ \\> \\[ \\\{\par}
 {\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li720 \fi-360 \endash \tx360\tab this is an example list item indented with tabs\par}
 {\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li720 \fi-360 \endash \tx360\tab this is an example list item indented with spaces\sa180\sa180\par}
 {\pard \qc \f0 \sa180 \li0 \fi0 \emdash\emdash\emdash\emdash\emdash\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li0 \fi0 \b \fs36 Definition Lists\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li0 \fi0 Tight using spaces:\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 apple\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li360 \fi0 red fruit\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 orange\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li360 \fi0 orange fruit\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 banana\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li360 \fi0 yellow fruit\sa180\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li0 \fi0 Tight using tabs:\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 apple\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li360 \fi0 red fruit\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 orange\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li360 \fi0 orange fruit\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 banana\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li360 \fi0 yellow fruit\sa180\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li0 \fi0 Loose:\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 apple\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li360 \fi0 red fruit\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 orange\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li360 \fi0 orange fruit\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 banana\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li360 \fi0 yellow fruit\sa180\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li0 \fi0 Multiple blocks with italics:\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 {\i apple} \par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li360 \fi0 red fruit\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li360 \fi0 contains seeds, crisp, pleasant to taste\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 {\i orange} \par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li360 \fi0 orange fruit\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li360 \fi0 \f1 \{ orange code block \}\par}
+{\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li1080 \fi0 orange block quote\sa180\par}
 {\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li0 \fi0 \b \fs36 HTML Blocks\par}
 {\pard \ql \f0 \sa180 \li0 \fi0 Simple block on one line:\par}
 {\pard \ql \f0 \sa0 \li0 \fi0 foo\par}