diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docbook.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docbook.hs
index f11338590..90bd1d3a4 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docbook.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Docbook.hs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ inlineToDocbook opts (Math t str)
            fixNS = everywhere (mkT fixNS')
 inlineToDocbook _ (RawInline f x) | f == "html" || f == "docbook" = text x
                                   | otherwise                     = empty
-inlineToDocbook _ LineBreak = inTagsSimple "literallayout" empty
+inlineToDocbook _ LineBreak = flush $ inTagsSimple "literallayout" (text "\n")
 inlineToDocbook _ Space = space
 inlineToDocbook opts (Link txt (src, _)) =
   if isPrefixOf "mailto:" src
diff --git a/tests/writer.docbook b/tests/writer.docbook
index 54d27f789..d8a5c505b 100644
--- a/tests/writer.docbook
+++ b/tests/writer.docbook
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
     Here’s one with a bullet. * criminey.
   </para>
   <para>
-    There should be a hard line break<literallayout></literallayout>here.
+    There should be a hard line break<literallayout>
+</literallayout>here.
   </para>
 </sect1>
 <sect1 id="block-quotes">