diff --git a/lib/Text/Dokuwiki/Regexps.pm b/lib/Text/Dokuwiki/Regexps.pm
index cc53f4d..f28ce1c 100644
--- a/lib/Text/Dokuwiki/Regexps.pm
+++ b/lib/Text/Dokuwiki/Regexps.pm
@@ -97,4 +97,16 @@ $regexps->{list} = qr/
 $TAIL              # one or more empty lines
 /mx;
 
+$regexps->{paragraph} = qr/
+(?<text>
+  (?:
+    ^              # line start
+    $SP ?          # optional leading space
+    .+             # at least one symbol
+    (?: $EOL | $ ) # newline or file end
+  )+               # one or more lines
+)
+$TAIL              # one or more empty lines
+/mx;
+
 1;
diff --git a/t/regexps-misc.t b/t/regexps-misc.t
index 8d34b6d..ccf7eaa 100644
--- a/t/regexps-misc.t
+++ b/t/regexps-misc.t
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use utf8;
 
-use Test::More tests => 10;
+use Test::More tests => 14;
 use Text::Dokuwiki::Regexps;
 
 my $rx = $Text::Dokuwiki::Regexps::regexps;
@@ -42,4 +42,19 @@ $matched = 'Header only';
 is($matches[0], $matched);
 is($matches[1], '-------------');
 
+$text = <<'TEXT';
+
+ Sample paragraph
+
+TEXT
+$matched = " Sample paragraph\n";
+@matches = $text =~ m/$rx->{paragraph}/;
+is(scalar @matches, 1);
+is($matches[0], $matched);
+
+$text = 'Simple text line';
+@matches = $text =~ m/$rx->{paragraph}/;
+is(scalar @matches, 1);
+is($matches[0], $text);
+
 exit 0;