diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index 161306dc8..03d258545 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@ inlineCommands = M.unions
     , ("lowercase", makeLowercase <$> tok)
     , ("thanks", skipopts >> note <$> grouped block)
     , ("footnote", skipopts >> footnote)
+    , ("newline", pure B.linebreak)
+    , ("linebreak", pure B.linebreak)
     , ("passthrough", fixPassthroughEscapes <$> tok)
     -- \passthrough macro used by latex writer
                            -- for listings