diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Muse.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Muse.hs
index c0f8bfa01..11fea5fde 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Muse.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Muse.hs
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ listStart marker = try $ do
   st <- stateParserContext <$> getState
   getPosition >>= \pos -> guard (st == ListItemState || sourceColumn pos /= 1)
   markerLength <- marker
-  many1 spaceChar
+  void (many1 spaceChar) <|> eol
   return $ preWhitespace + markerLength + 1
 
 listItemContents :: PandocMonad m => Int -> MuseParser m (F Blocks)
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ orderedListStart style delim = listStart (snd <$> withHorizDisplacement (ordered
 
 orderedList :: PandocMonad m => MuseParser m (F Blocks)
 orderedList = try $ do
-  p@(_, style, delim) <- lookAhead (many spaceChar *> anyOrderedListMarker <* spaceChar)
+  p@(_, style, delim) <- lookAhead (many spaceChar *> anyOrderedListMarker <* (eol <|> void spaceChar))
   guard $ style `elem` [Decimal, LowerAlpha, UpperAlpha, LowerRoman, UpperRoman]
   guard $ delim == Period
   items <- sequence <$> many1 (listItem $ orderedListStart style delim)
diff --git a/test/Tests/Readers/Muse.hs b/test/Tests/Readers/Muse.hs
index fe75135f7..65665c1d2 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Readers/Muse.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Readers/Muse.hs
@@ -566,6 +566,27 @@ tests =
                                              , para "Item2"
                                              , para "Item3"
                                              ]
+      , "Bullet list with empty items" =:
+        T.unlines
+          [ " -"
+          , ""
+          , " - Item2"
+          ] =?>
+        bulletList [ mempty
+                   , para "Item2"
+                   ]
+      , "Ordered list with empty items" =:
+        T.unlines
+          [ " 1."
+          , ""
+          , " 2."
+          , ""
+          , " 3. Item3"
+          ] =?>
+        orderedListWith (1, Decimal, Period) [ mempty
+                                             , mempty
+                                             , para "Item3"
+                                             ]
       , testGroup "Nested lists"
         [ "Nested list" =:
           T.unlines