diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/JATS/References.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/JATS/References.hs
index 76e7380dc..720299f05 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/JATS/References.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/JATS/References.hs
@@ -67,14 +67,19 @@ referenceToJATS _opts ref = do
     , "issue"           `varInTag` "issue"
     , "edition"         `varInTag` "edition"
     , "page-first"      `varInTag` "fpage"
-    , "page-last"       `varInTag` "lpage"
-    , "pages"           `varInTag` "page-range"
     , "ISBN"            `varInTag` "isbn"
     , "ISSN"            `varInTag` "issn"
     , "URL"             `varInTag` "uri"
     , varInTagWith "doi"  "pub-id" [("pub-id-type", "doi")]
     , varInTagWith "pmid" "pub-id" [("pub-id-type", "pmid")]
-    ]
+    ] ++
+    case lookupVariable "page" ref >>= valToText of
+      Nothing -> []
+      Just val ->
+        let isdash c = c == '-' || c == '\x2013'
+            (fpage, lpage) = T.dropWhile isdash <$> T.break isdash val
+         in [ inTags' "fpage" [] $ literal $ escapeStringForXML fpage,
+              inTags' "lpage" [] $ literal $ escapeStringForXML lpage ]
   where
     varInTag var tagName = varInTagWith var tagName []
 
diff --git a/test/command/7042.md b/test/command/7042.md
index 413ebe704..f3a6b2ed8 100644
--- a/test/command/7042.md
+++ b/test/command/7042.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ references:
   id: full-journal-article-entry
   issue: 4356
   issued: '1953-04-01'
-  pages: 737-738
+  page: 737-738
   pmid: 13054692
   title: 'Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid'
   type: article-journal
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ references:
       <year iso-8601-date="1953-04-01">1953</year><month>04</month><day>01</day>
       <volume>171</volume>
       <issue>4356</issue>
-      <fpage>737</fpage>
-      <page-range>737-738</page-range>
       <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1038/171737a0</pub-id>
       <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">13054692</pub-id>
+      <fpage>737</fpage>
+      <lpage>738</lpage>
     </element-citation>
   </ref>
 </ref-list>