diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index 9e02e16..5baf6ab 100644
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ class Parsedown
             strpos($Block['element']['handler']['argument'], '|') === false
             and strpos($Line['text'], '|') === false
             and strpos($Line['text'], ':') === false
+            or strpos($Block['element']['handler']['argument'], "\n") !== false
         ) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/test/data/simple_table.html b/test/data/simple_table.html
index f6f7aab..b74a2ec 100644
--- a/test/data/simple_table.html
+++ b/test/data/simple_table.html
@@ -66,4 +66,10 @@
 <td>cell 2.1</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
-</table>
\ No newline at end of file
+</table>
+<hr />
+<p>Not a table, we haven't ended the paragraph:
+header 1 | header 2
+-------- | --------
+cell 1.1 | cell 1.2
+cell 2.1 | cell 2.2</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/simple_table.md b/test/data/simple_table.md
index f767257..42eff5a 100644
--- a/test/data/simple_table.md
+++ b/test/data/simple_table.md
@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@ cell 2.1
 header 1
 -------|
 cell 1.1
-cell 2.1
\ No newline at end of file
+cell 2.1
+
+---
+
+Not a table, we haven't ended the paragraph:
+header 1 | header 2
+-------- | --------
+cell 1.1 | cell 1.2
+cell 2.1 | cell 2.2
\ No newline at end of file