diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 272e9d4511..cbf900e058 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ block.tables = {
  * Footnotes Block Grammar
  */
 block.footnotes = {
-  footnote: /^\[(\^[^\]]+)\]: *([^\n]*(?:\n [^\n]*)*)/,
+  footnote: /^\[\^([^\]]+)\]: *([^\n]*(?:\n+|$)(?: {1,}[^\n]*(?:\n+|$))*)/
 };
 block.footnotes.normal = {
   footnote: block.footnotes.footnote