diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/list.js b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/list.js
index 8ecb91108..17eab6dad 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/list.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/list.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var listTypes = {
 	"#": {listTag: "ol", itemTag: "li"},
 	";": {listTag: "dl", itemTag: "dt"},
 	":": {listTag: "dl", itemTag: "dd"},
-	">": {listTag: "blockquote", itemTag: "p"}
+	">": {listTag: "blockquote", itemTag: "div"}
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid b/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
index 2541938c1..9809dcf11 100644
--- a/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
+++ b/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ blockquote {
 	quotes: "\201C""\201D""\2018""\2019";
 }
 
+blockquote > div {
+	margin-top: 1em;
+	margin-bottom: 1em;
+}
+
 blockquote.tc-big-quote {
 	font-family: Georgia, serif;
 	position: relative;