diff --git a/src/Rules/ListRule.php b/src/Rules/ListRule.php
index ea4588c..d4a3cf4 100644
--- a/src/Rules/ListRule.php
+++ b/src/Rules/ListRule.php
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@
 
 final class ListRule implements Rule, ProvidesFirstChar
 {
-    public string $firstChar = '-';
+    public string $firstChar = '-*+';
 
     public function shouldParse(Parser $parser): bool
     {
-        return $parser->comesNext('- ', 2);
+        return $parser->comesNext(($parser->current ?? '') . ' ', 2);
     }
 
     public function parse(Parser $parser): ?Token
     {
-        $parser->consumeIncluding('- ');
+        $parser->consume(2);
         $content = trim($parser->consumeUntil(Parser::NEW_LINE));
-        $parser->consumeWhile(Parser::NEW_LINE);
+        $newlines = $parser->consumeWhile(Parser::NEW_LINE);
 
         $childContent = '';
         $indent = strspn($parser->content, ' ', $parser->position);
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ public function parse(Parser $parser): ?Token
 
             $parser->consume($indent);
             $childContent .= $parser->consumeUntil(Parser::NEW_LINE) . PHP_EOL;
-            $parser->consumeWhile(Parser::NEW_LINE);
+            $newlines = $parser->consumeWhile(Parser::NEW_LINE);
         }
 
         $children = null;
 
-        if (substr_count($childContent, '-') > 0) {
+        if (preg_match('/(?:^|\n)[-*+] /', $childContent)) {
             $children = $parser->withRules(new ListRule())->lex($childContent)[0];
         }
 
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ public function parse(Parser $parser): ?Token
             $content .= ' ' . trim(preg_replace('/\s+/u', ' ', $childContent) ?? '');
         }
 
+        while ($children === null && ($newlines === "\n" || $newlines === "\r\n") && $parser->current !== null) {
+            $nextLine = substr($parser->content, $parser->position, strcspn($parser->content, Parser::NEW_LINE, $parser->position));
+            if (trim($nextLine) === '' || preg_match('/^(?:[-*+] |[0-9]+[.)] |#{1,6}[ \t]|> |`{3}|~{3})/', $nextLine)) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            $content .= ' ' . trim($parser->consumeUntil(Parser::NEW_LINE));
+            $newlines = $parser->consumeWhile(Parser::NEW_LINE);
+        }
+
         $item = new ListItem($content, $children);
 
         if ($parser->lastToken instanceof ListToken) {
diff --git a/tests/Rules/ListRuleTest.php b/tests/Rules/ListRuleTest.php
index a67aa4c..b91e5a5 100644
--- a/tests/Rules/ListRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rules/ListRuleTest.php
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ public function test_lex_multiple_items(): void
         $this->assertSame('<ul><li>one</li><li>two</li></ul>', $html);
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function test_asterisk_and_plus_markers(): void
+    {
+        $parser = new Parser(highlighter: null, rules: [new ListRule()]);
+
+        $this->assertSame('<ul><li>one</li><li>two</li></ul>', (string) $parser->parse("* one\n* two"));
+        $this->assertSame('<ul><li>one</li><li>two</li></ul>', (string) $parser->parse("+ one\n+ two"));
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function test_lazy_continuation(): void
+    {
+        $parser = new Parser(highlighter: null, rules: [new ListRule()]);
+
+        $this->assertSame('<ul><li>one continued</li><li>two</li></ul>', (string) $parser->parse("- one\ncontinued\n- two"));
+        $this->assertSame('<ul><li>one continued</li></ul>', (string) $parser->parse("* one\ncontinued"));
+    }
+
     #[Test]
     public function test_lex_multiline_items(): void
     {