diff --git a/common/heading.ts b/common/heading.ts
index c2089c8..184be4e 100644
--- a/common/heading.ts
+++ b/common/heading.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class Heading {
         return -1;
       }
 
-      if (/^(?:>|[ ]{4,}|\t)/.test(lineText)) {
+      if (/^(?:>|[ ]{4,}|\t|\s*[-*]\s+)/.test(lineText)) {
         return -1;
       }
 
diff --git a/test/common/heading.spec.ts b/test/common/heading.spec.ts
index dc4ccc9..d7665d5 100644
--- a/test/common/heading.spec.ts
+++ b/test/common/heading.spec.ts
@@ -127,5 +127,14 @@ describe("common/heading", function () {
     expect(heading5.handler(4, "==")).to.equal(-1);
     expect(heading5.handler(5, "    This is a heading 1", "==")).to.equal(-1);
     expect(heading5.handler(6, "==")).to.equal(-1);
+
+    const heading6 = new Heading();
+    expect(heading6.handler(1, "- item a", "\t- item b")).to.equal(-1);
+    expect(heading6.handler(2, "\t- item b", "- item c")).to.equal(-1);
+    expect(heading6.handler(3, "- item c", "-")).to.equal(-1);
+    expect(heading6.handler(4, "-", "")).to.equal(-1);
+    expect(heading6.handler(5, "", "Heading 2")).to.equal(-1);
+    expect(heading6.handler(6, "Heading 2", "-")).to.equal(2);
+    expect(heading6.handler(7, "-", "")).to.equal(-1);
   });
 });