diff --git a/org/inline.go b/org/inline.go
index b91d6b8..d94a22e 100644
--- a/org/inline.go
+++ b/org/inline.go
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ func isValidPreChar(r rune) bool {
 }
 
 func isValidPostChar(r rune) bool {
-	return r == utf8.RuneError || unicode.IsSpace(r) || strings.ContainsRune(`-.,:!?;'")}[`, r)
+	return r == utf8.RuneError || unicode.IsSpace(r) || strings.ContainsRune(`-.,:!?;'")}[\`, r)
 }
 
 func isValidBorderChar(r rune) bool { return !unicode.IsSpace(r) }
diff --git a/org/testdata/inline.html b/org/testdata/inline.html
index 383fd81..67f5495 100644
--- a/org/testdata/inline.html
+++ b/org/testdata/inline.html
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ also hard line breaks not followed by a newline get ignored, see \\</li>
 <li><em>emphasis with a slash/inside</em></li>
 <li><em>emphasis</em> followed by raw text with slash /</li>
 <li><strong>emphasis ending with a &#34;difficult&#34; multibyte character 习</strong></li>
+<li>emphasis just before <code class="verbatim">explict line break</code><br>
+<code class="verbatim">plus more emphasis</code></li>
 <li>-&gt;/not an emphasis/&lt;-</li>
 <li>links with slashes do not become <em>emphasis</em>: <a href="https://somelinkshouldntrenderaccidentalemphasis.com">https://somelinkshouldntrenderaccidentalemphasis.com</a>/ <em>emphasis</em></li>
 <li><span style="text-decoration: underline;">underlined</span> <strong>bold</strong>  <code class="verbatim">verbatim</code> <code>code</code> <del>strikethrough</del></li>
diff --git a/org/testdata/inline.org b/org/testdata/inline.org
index 8e2fd78..7f8b31d 100644
--- a/org/testdata/inline.org
+++ b/org/testdata/inline.org
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 - /emphasis with a slash/inside/
 - /emphasis/ followed by raw text with slash /
 - *emphasis ending with a "difficult" multibyte character 习*
+- emphasis just before =explict line break=\\
+  =plus more emphasis=
 - ->/not an emphasis/<-
 - links with slashes do not become /emphasis/: [[https://somelinkshouldntrenderaccidentalemphasis.com]]/ /emphasis/
 - _underlined_ *bold*  =verbatim= ~code~ +strikethrough+
diff --git a/org/testdata/inline.pretty_org b/org/testdata/inline.pretty_org
index b6275fb..ab77e41 100644
--- a/org/testdata/inline.pretty_org
+++ b/org/testdata/inline.pretty_org
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 - /emphasis with a slash/inside/
 - /emphasis/ followed by raw text with slash /
 - *emphasis ending with a "difficult" multibyte character 习*
+- emphasis just before =explict line break=\\
+  =plus more emphasis=
 - ->/not an emphasis/<-
 - links with slashes do not become /emphasis/: [[https://somelinkshouldntrenderaccidentalemphasis.com]]/ /emphasis/
 - _underlined_ *bold*  =verbatim= ~code~ +strikethrough+