diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/FB2.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/FB2.hs
index bac3121d9..3227aaed8 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/FB2.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/FB2.hs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ description meta' = do
let as = authors meta'
dd <- docdate meta'
annotation <- case lookupMeta "abstract" meta' of
- Just (MetaBlocks bs) -> (list . el "annotation") <$> cMapM blockToXml bs
+ Just (MetaBlocks bs) -> (list . el "annotation") <$> (cMapM blockToXml $ map unPlain bs)
_ -> pure mempty
let lang = case lookupMeta "lang" meta' of
Just (MetaInlines [Str s]) -> [el "lang" $ iso639 s]
@@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ plainToPara (Para inlines : rest) =
Para inlines : HorizontalRule : plainToPara rest -- HorizontalRule will be converted to <empty-line />
plainToPara (p:rest) = p : plainToPara rest
+-- Replace plain text with paragraphs
+unPlain :: Block -> Block
+unPlain (Plain inlines) = Para inlines
+unPlain x = x
+
-- Simulate increased indentation level. Will not really work
-- for multi-line paragraphs.
indentPrefix :: String -> Block -> Block
diff --git a/test/fb2/meta.fb2 b/test/fb2/meta.fb2
index 04bd5f3c5..1db48c068 100644
--- a/test/fb2/meta.fb2
+++ b/test/fb2/meta.fb2
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<FictionBook xmlns="http://www.gribuser.ru/xml/fictionbook/2.0" xmlns:l="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><description><title-info><genre>unrecognised</genre><book-title>Book title</book-title><annotation><p>This is the abstract.</p>It consists of two paragraphs.</annotation></title-info><document-info><program-used>pandoc</program-used></document-info></description><body><title><p>Book title</p></title></body></FictionBook>
+<FictionBook xmlns="http://www.gribuser.ru/xml/fictionbook/2.0" xmlns:l="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><description><title-info><genre>unrecognised</genre><book-title>Book title</book-title><annotation><p>This is the abstract.</p><p>It consists of two paragraphs.</p></annotation></title-info><document-info><program-used>pandoc</program-used></document-info></description><body><title><p>Book title</p></title></body></FictionBook>