diff --git a/src/Rules/ListRule.php b/src/Rules/ListRule.php
index dab613e..ea4588c 100644
--- a/src/Rules/ListRule.php
+++ b/src/Rules/ListRule.php
@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@ public function parse(Parser $parser): ?Token
             $parser->consumeWhile(Parser::NEW_LINE);
         }
 
-        $children = $childContent !== ''
-            ? $parser->withRules(new ListRule())->lex($childContent)[0]
-            : null;
+        $children = null;
+
+        if (substr_count($childContent, '-') > 0) {
+            $children = $parser->withRules(new ListRule())->lex($childContent)[0];
+        }
+
+        if ($children === null && $childContent !== '') {
+            $content .= ' ' . trim(preg_replace('/\s+/u', ' ', $childContent) ?? '');
+        }
 
         $item = new ListItem($content, $children);
 
diff --git a/tests/Rules/ListRuleTest.php b/tests/Rules/ListRuleTest.php
index c99c4b4..a67aa4c 100644
--- a/tests/Rules/ListRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rules/ListRuleTest.php
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ public function test_lex_multiple_items(): void
         $this->assertSame('<ul><li>one</li><li>two</li></ul>', $html);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function test_lex_multiline_items(): void
+    {
+        $html = (string) new Parser(highlighter: null, rules: [new ListRule()])->parse("- one\n   continued\n   further\n- two\n");
+
+        $this->assertSame('<ul><li>one continued further</li><li>two</li></ul>', $html);
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function test_hyphen_without_whitespace_is_not_a_list(): void
     {