diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index de2b8f913..bab056c83 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -1209,6 +1209,10 @@ inlineCommands = M.fromList $
   , ("textup", extractSpaces (spanWith ("",["upright"],[])) <$> tok)
   , ("texttt", ttfamily)
   , ("sout", extractSpaces strikeout <$> tok)
+  , ("textquoteleft", return (str "‘"))
+  , ("textquoteright", return (str "’"))
+  , ("textquotedblleft", return (str "“"))
+  , ("textquotedblright", return (str "”"))
   , ("textsuperscript", extractSpaces superscript <$> tok)
   , ("textsubscript", extractSpaces subscript <$> tok)
   , ("textbackslash", lit "\\")