diff --git a/src/services/export/markdown.spec.ts b/src/services/export/markdown.spec.ts
index a344d975f..37e9bd82a 100644
--- a/src/services/export/markdown.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/export/markdown.spec.ts
@@ -315,4 +315,10 @@ describe("Markdown export", () => {
         expect(markdownExportService.toMarkdown(html)).toBe(expected);
     });
 
+    it("preserves include note", () => {
+        const html = /*html*/`<section class="include-note" data-note-id="i4A5g9iOg9I0" data-box-size="full"> </section>`;
+        const expected = /*markdown*/`<section class="include-note" data-note-id="i4A5g9iOg9I0" data-box-size="full">&nbsp;</section>`;
+        expect(markdownExportService.toMarkdown(html)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+
 });
diff --git a/src/services/export/markdown.ts b/src/services/export/markdown.ts
index c4c71eee2..8f6e3fa00 100644
--- a/src/services/export/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/services/export/markdown.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@ function toMarkdown(content: string) {
     if (instance === null) {
         instance = new TurndownService({
             headingStyle: "atx",
-            codeBlockStyle: "fenced"
+            codeBlockStyle: "fenced",
+            blankReplacement(content, node, options) {
+                if (node.nodeName === "SECTION" && (node as HTMLElement).classList.contains("include-note")) {
+                    return (node as HTMLElement).outerHTML;
+                }
+
+                // Original implementation as per https://github.com/mixmark-io/turndown/blob/master/src/turndown.js.
+                return ("isBlock" in node && node.isBlock) ? '\n\n' : ''
+            }
         });
         // Filter is heavily based on: https://github.com/mixmark-io/turndown/issues/274#issuecomment-458730974
         instance.addRule("fencedCodeBlock", fencedCodeBlockFilter);
@@ -46,7 +54,7 @@ function toMarkdown(content: string) {
         instance.addRule("inlineLink", buildInlineLinkFilter());
         instance.addRule("figure", buildFigureFilter());
         instance.addRule("math", buildMathFilter());
-        instance.addRule("li-1", buildListItemFilter());
+        instance.addRule("li", buildListItemFilter());
         instance.use(gfm);
         instance.keep([ "kbd" ]);
     }