diff --git a/markdoc/nodes/customSoftbreak.markdoc.ts b/markdoc/nodes/customSoftbreak.markdoc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85b1cb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdoc/nodes/customSoftbreak.markdoc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Markdoc automatically inserts a "softbreak" node in the document 
+// AST in places where there is a single line break. 
+// By default, a softbreak renders as a single space,
+// https://github.com/markdoc/markdoc/discussions/338
+
+const softbreakNode = {
+  transform() {
+    return "\n";
+  }
+};
+
+export default softbreakNode;
diff --git a/markdoc/nodes/index.ts b/markdoc/nodes/index.ts
index f1c0989d..4f1ae708 100644
--- a/markdoc/nodes/index.ts
+++ b/markdoc/nodes/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export { default as fence } from "./Fence.markdoc"
 export { default as link } from "./customLink.markdoc"
+export { default as softbreak } from "./customSoftbreak.markdoc"