diff --git a/lisp/net/shr.el b/lisp/net/shr.el
index 4adb4a6099c..60794158024 100644
--- a/lisp/net/shr.el
+++ b/lisp/net/shr.el
@@ -1617,7 +1617,9 @@ The preference is a float determined from `shr-prefer-media-type'."
 	(put-text-property start (1+ start)
 			   'shr-continuation-indentation shr-indentation)
 	(put-text-property start (1+ start) 'shr-prefix-length (length bullet))
-	(shr-generic dom)))))
+	(shr-generic dom))))
+  (unless (bolp)
+    (insert "\n")))
 
 (defun shr-mark-fill (start)
   ;; We may not have inserted any text to fill.
diff --git a/test/data/shr/li-empty.html b/test/data/shr/li-empty.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05cfee7bdd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/shr/li-empty.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ol><li></li><li></li><li></li></ol>
diff --git a/test/data/shr/li-empty.txt b/test/data/shr/li-empty.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8320bc0097b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/shr/li-empty.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+1 
+2 
+3