diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+texmath (0.8.6.7)
+
+  * TeX reader: treat backslash + newline as like backslash + space.
+    Previously this case gave an error.  See jgm/pandoc#3189.
+
 texmath (0.8.6.6)
 
   * Allow pandoc-types 1.17.*.
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
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@
   , ("\\:",ESpace (2 % 9))
   , ("\\;",ESpace (5 % 18))
   , ("\\ ",ESpace (2 % 9))
+  , ("\\\n",ESpace (2 % 9))
   , ("\\quad",ESpace (1 % 1))
   , ("\\qquad",ESpace (2 % 1))
   , ("\\arccos",EMathOperator "arccos")
diff --git a/texmath.cabal b/texmath.cabal
--- a/texmath.cabal
+++ b/texmath.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                texmath
-Version:             0.8.6.6
+Version:             0.8.6.7
 Cabal-Version:       >= 1.10
 Build-type:          Simple
 Synopsis:            Conversion between formats used to represent mathematics.