diff --git a/src/ArticleParser.php b/src/ArticleParser.php
index 3895818..2587a5b 100644
--- a/src/ArticleParser.php
+++ b/src/ArticleParser.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace LogseqGem;
 
 use League\CommonMark\Node\Inline\Text;
 use League\CommonMark\Extension\CommonMark\Node\Inline\Link;
+use League\CommonMark\Extension\CommonMark\Node\Block\BlockQuote;
 use League\CommonMark\Extension\CommonMark\Node\Block\ListBlock;
 use League\CommonMark\Extension\CommonMark\Node\Block\ListItem;
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ class ArticleParser extends Parser {
         $last_node = null; //updated every time
         $previous_node = null; // we only update this for significant nodes
 
+        $blockquote = 0;
         $block_level = 0;
         $list_item = 0;
 
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ class ArticleParser extends Parser {
                 if ($node instanceof ListBlock) {
                     $block_level -= 1;
                     $list_item = 0;
+                } elseif ($node instanceof BlockQuote) {
+                    $blockquote -= 1;
                 }
 
                 continue;
@@ -52,6 +56,11 @@ class ArticleParser extends Parser {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if ($node instanceof BlockQuote) {
+                $blockquote += 1;
+                $gemtext[] = '';
+            }
+
             if ($node instanceof Text) {
                 $text = $node->getLiteral();
 
@@ -69,6 +78,8 @@ class ArticleParser extends Parser {
 
                     $leader = $list_item === 1 ? "\n" : "";
                     $gemtext[] = $leader . '* ' . $text;
+                } elseif ($blockquote) {
+                    $gemtext[] = '> ' . $text;
                 } else {
                     $leader = $previous_node ? "\n" : "";
                     $gemtext[] = $leader . $text;
diff --git a/tests/ArticleParserTest.php b/tests/ArticleParserTest.php
index 793995f..bf3b999 100644
--- a/tests/ArticleParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/ArticleParserTest.php
@@ -101,4 +101,10 @@ class ArticleParserTest extends TestCase {
         $this->parser->load(vfsStream::url('root/article.md'));
         $this->assertSame("para\n\n* item 1\n* item 2\n\nout", $this->parser->convert());
     }
+
+    public function testBlockquote() {
+        $this->setArticleText("- before\n- > this is a quote\n  it spans 2 lines\n- more");
+        $this->parser->load(vfsStream::url('root/article.md'));
+        $this->assertSame("before\n\n> this is a quote\n> it spans 2 lines\n\nmore", $this->parser->convert());
+    }
 }