diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+texmath (0.8.6.4)
+
+  * Handle equation environment (without numbering).  This is similar
+    to the way we handle environments like align.
+
 texmath (0.8.6.3)
 
   * Use POST instead of GET for texmath-cgi.
diff --git a/src/Text/TeXMath/Readers/TeX.hs b/src/Text/TeXMath/Readers/TeX.hs
--- a/src/Text/TeXMath/Readers/TeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/TeXMath/Readers/TeX.hs
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@
   , ("multline", gather)
   , ("gather", gather)
   , ("gathered", gather)
+  , ("equation", equation)
   ]
 
 mbArrayAlignments :: TP (Maybe [Alignment])
@@ -397,6 +398,11 @@
 gather = do
   rows <- sepEndBy arrayLine endLine
   return $ EArray (alignsFromRows AlignCenter rows) rows
+
+equation :: TP Exp
+equation = do
+  notFollowedBy (ctrlseq "end" >> return '\n')
+  manyExp (notFollowedBy endLine >> expr)
 
 eqnarray :: TP Exp
 eqnarray = do
diff --git a/texmath.cabal b/texmath.cabal
--- a/texmath.cabal
+++ b/texmath.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                texmath
-Version:             0.8.6.3
+Version:             0.8.6.4
 Cabal-Version:       >= 1.10
 Build-type:          Simple
 Synopsis:            Conversion between formats used to represent mathematics.