diff --git a/src/serializers/plain.js b/src/serializers/plain.js
index 81491b63a..d750b283f 100644
--- a/src/serializers/plain.js
+++ b/src/serializers/plain.js
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ function deserialize(string, options = {}) {
   return options.toRaw ? raw : Raw.deserialize(raw)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks if the block has other blocks nested within
+ * @param  {Node}     node
+ * @return {Boolean}
+*/
+
+function hasNestedBlocks(node) {
+  return node &&
+    node.nodes &&
+    node.nodes.first() &&
+    node.nodes.first().kind &&
+    node.nodes.first().kind == 'block'
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Serialize a `state` to plain text.
  *
@@ -46,9 +61,28 @@ function deserialize(string, options = {}) {
  */
 
 function serialize(state) {
-  return state.document.nodes
-    .map(block => block.text)
-    .join('\n')
+  return serializeNode(state.document)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a `node` to plain text.
+ * For blocks, or document, it recursively calls itself
+ * to aggregate the text.
+ * For other types of nodes, it uses the .text property
+ *
+ * @param {Node} node
+ * @return {String}
+ */
+
+function serializeNode(node) {
+  if (node.kind == 'document' || (node.kind == 'block' && hasNestedBlocks(node))) {
+    return node.nodes
+      .map(childNode => serializeNode(childNode))
+      .filter(text => text != '')
+      .join('\n')
+  } else {
+    return node.text
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inline-nested/input.js b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inline-nested/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46fe09770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inline-nested/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+import { Block, Character, Document, Inline, State, Text } from '../../../../../..'
+
+export default State.create({
+  document: Document.create({
+    nodes: Block.createList([
+      {
+        type: 'quote',
+        nodes: Block.createList([
+          {
+            type: 'paragraph',
+            nodes: Text.createList([
+              {
+                characters: Character.createList([
+                  { text: 'o' },
+                  { text: 'n' },
+                  { text: 'e' }
+                ])
+              }
+            ])
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'paragraph',
+            nodes: Block.createList([
+              {
+                type: 'paragraph',
+                nodes: Inline.createList([
+                  {
+                    type: 'link',
+                    nodes: Inline.createList([
+                      {
+                        type: 'hashtag',
+                        nodes: Text.createList([
+                          {
+                            characters: Character.createList([
+                              { text: 't' },
+                              { text: 'w' },
+                              { text: 'o' }
+                            ])
+                          }
+                        ])
+                      }
+                    ])
+                  }
+                ])
+              }
+            ])
+          }
+        ])
+      }
+    ])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inline-nested/output.txt b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inline-nested/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..814f4a422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inline-nested/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+one
+two
diff --git a/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inlines/input.js b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inlines/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..883fe3884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inlines/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+import { Block, Character, Document, Inline, State, Text } from '../../../../../..'
+
+export default State.create({
+  document: Document.create({
+    nodes: Block.createList([
+      {
+        type: 'paragraph',
+        nodes: Inline.createList([
+          {
+            type: 'link',
+            nodes: Text.createList([
+              {
+                characters: Character.createList([
+                  { text: 'o' },
+                  { text: 'n' },
+                  { text: 'e' }
+                ])
+              }
+            ])
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'link',
+            nodes: Text.createList([
+              {
+                characters: Character.createList([
+                  { text: 't' },
+                  { text: 'w' },
+                  { text: 'o' }
+                ])
+              }
+            ])
+          }
+        ])
+      }
+    ])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inlines/output.txt b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inlines/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d202cae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested-with-inlines/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+onetwo
diff --git a/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested/input.js b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested/input.js
index 3e88fa872..b39a58392 100644
--- a/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested/input.js
+++ b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested/input.js
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ export default State.create({
                 ])
               }
             ])
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'paragraph',
+            nodes: Block.createList([
+              {
+                type: 'paragraph',
+                nodes: Text.createList([
+                  {
+                    characters: Character.createList([
+                      { text: 't' },
+                      { text: 'w' },
+                      { text: 'o' }
+                    ])
+                  }
+                ])
+              }
+            ])
           }
         ])
       }
diff --git a/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested/output.txt b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested/output.txt
index 5626abf0f..814f4a422 100644
--- a/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested/output.txt
+++ b/test/serializers/fixtures/plain/serialize/block-nested/output.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 one
+two