diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/CommonMark.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/CommonMark.hs
index c007f7734..6299b0263 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/CommonMark.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/CommonMark.hs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ inlineToNodes opts (Str s) = stringToNodes opts s'
 inlineToNodes _ Space   = (node (TEXT (T.pack " ")) [] :)
 inlineToNodes _ LineBreak = (node LINEBREAK [] :)
 inlineToNodes opts SoftBreak
-  | isEnabled Ext_hard_line_breaks opts = (node LINEBREAK [] :)
+  | isEnabled Ext_hard_line_breaks opts = (node (TEXT " ") [] :)
   | writerWrapText opts == WrapNone     = (node (TEXT " ") [] :)
   | otherwise                           = (node SOFTBREAK [] :)
 inlineToNodes opts (Emph xs) = (node EMPH (inlinesToNodes opts xs) :)
diff --git a/test/command/5195.md b/test/command/5195.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10c542eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/5195.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+```
+% pandoc -f markdown_strict -t gfm+hard_line_breaks
+Hello
+there
+^D
+Hello there
+```