diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Org.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Org.hs
index 283bb7d9c..85b7433e6 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Org.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Org.hs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ blockToOrg (Para [Image attr txt (src,'f':'i':'g':':':tit)]) = do
              then return empty
              else ("#+CAPTION: " <>) `fmap` inlineListToOrg txt
   img <- inlineToOrg (Image attr txt (src,tit))
-  return $ capt $$ img
+  return $ capt $$ img $$ blankline
 blockToOrg (Para inlines) = do
   contents <- inlineListToOrg inlines
   return $ contents <> blankline
diff --git a/tests/writer.org b/tests/writer.org
index 100328c2c..b29a1865c 100644
--- a/tests/writer.org
+++ b/tests/writer.org
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ From "Voyage dans la Lune" by Georges Melies (1902):
 
 #+CAPTION: lalune
 [[lalune.jpg]]
+
 Here is a movie [[movie.jpg]] icon.
 
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