diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/process_tokens.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/process_tokens.py
index 57bb2eaafe..1811f6a1a3 100755
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/process_tokens.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/process_tokens.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class ProcessTokens:
         'backslash'          :	('nu', '\\', self.text_func),
         'ob'                 :	('nu', '{', self.text_func),
         'cb'                 :	('nu', '}', self.text_func),
+        'line'               :  ('nu', ' ', self.text_func),
         # paragraph formatting => pf
         'page'               :  ('pf', 'page-break', self.default_func),
         'par'                :	('pf', 'par-end___', self.default_func),