diff --git a/src/extensions/markdown/Breaks/BreaksSpecs/index.ts b/src/extensions/markdown/Breaks/BreaksSpecs/index.ts
index 404a2c77..ede3543c 100644
--- a/src/extensions/markdown/Breaks/BreaksSpecs/index.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/markdown/Breaks/BreaksSpecs/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type {ParseRule} from 'prosemirror-model';
 import type {ExtensionAuto} from '../../../../core';
 import {nodeTypeFactory} from '../../../../utils/schema';
 
@@ -9,7 +10,18 @@ export enum BreakNodeName {
 export const hbType = nodeTypeFactory(BreakNodeName.HardBreak);
 export const sbType = nodeTypeFactory(BreakNodeName.SoftBreak);
 
-export const BreaksSpecs: ExtensionAuto = (builder) => {
+export type BreaksSpecsOptions = {
+    /**
+     * @default 'hard'
+     */
+    preferredBreak?: 'hard' | 'soft';
+};
+
+export const BreaksSpecs: ExtensionAuto<BreaksSpecsOptions> = (builder, opts) => {
+    const {preferredBreak = 'hard'} = opts;
+
+    const parseDOM: ParseRule[] = [{tag: 'br'}];
+
     builder.addNode(BreakNodeName.HardBreak, () => ({
         spec: {
             inline: true,
@@ -17,7 +29,7 @@ export const BreaksSpecs: ExtensionAuto = (builder) => {
             marks: '',
             isBreak: true,
             selectable: false,
-            parseDOM: [{tag: 'br'}],
+            parseDOM: preferredBreak === 'hard' ? parseDOM : undefined,
             toDOM() {
                 return ['br'];
             },
@@ -44,6 +56,7 @@ export const BreaksSpecs: ExtensionAuto = (builder) => {
             marks: '',
             isBreak: true,
             selectable: false,
+            parseDOM: preferredBreak === 'soft' ? parseDOM : undefined,
             toDOM() {
                 return ['br'];
             },
diff --git a/src/extensions/markdown/Breaks/index.ts b/src/extensions/markdown/Breaks/index.ts
index a566c552..08d4514e 100644
--- a/src/extensions/markdown/Breaks/index.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/markdown/Breaks/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {chainCommands, exitCode} from 'prosemirror-commands';
 import {logger} from '../../../logger';
 import type {ExtensionAuto, Keymap} from '../../../core';
 import {isMac} from '../../../utils/platform';
-import {BreaksSpecs, hbType, sbType} from './BreaksSpecs';
+import {BreaksSpecs, BreaksSpecsOptions, hbType, sbType} from './BreaksSpecs';
 
 export {BreaksSpecs, BreakNodeName, hbType, sbType} from './BreaksSpecs';
 
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ export type BreaksOptions = {
 };
 
 export const Breaks: ExtensionAuto<BreaksOptions> = (builder, opts) => {
-    builder.use(BreaksSpecs);
-
     let preferredBreak: 'hard' | 'soft';
     if (builder.context.has('breaks')) {
         preferredBreak = builder.context.get('breaks') ? 'soft' : 'hard';
@@ -29,6 +27,8 @@ export const Breaks: ExtensionAuto<BreaksOptions> = (builder, opts) => {
         );
     }
 
+    builder.use<BreaksSpecsOptions>(BreaksSpecs, {preferredBreak});
+
     builder.addKeymap(({schema}) => {
         const cmd = addBr((preferredBreak === 'soft' ? sbType : hbType)(schema));
         const keys: Keymap = {
diff --git a/src/extensions/markdown/specs.ts b/src/extensions/markdown/specs.ts
index a8501761..439d39d7 100644
--- a/src/extensions/markdown/specs.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/markdown/specs.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {Html} from './Html';
 import {TableSpecs} from './Table/TableSpecs';
 import {ImageSpecs} from './Image/ImageSpecs';
 import {ListsSpecs} from './Lists/ListsSpecs';
-import {BreaksSpecs} from './Breaks/BreaksSpecs';
+import {BreaksSpecs, BreaksSpecsOptions} from './Breaks/BreaksSpecs';
 import {BlockquoteSpecs} from './Blockquote/BlockquoteSpecs';
 import {DeflistSpecs, DeflistSpecsOptions} from './Deflist/DeflistSpecs';
 import {HeadingSpecs, HeadingSpecsOptions} from './Heading/HeadingSpecs';
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export const MarkdownMarksSpecsPreset: ExtensionAuto<MarkdownMarksSpecsPresetOpt
 
 export type MarkdownBlocksSpecsPresetOptions = {
     image?: false | Extension;
+    breaks?: BreaksSpecsOptions;
     codeBlock?: CodeBlockSpecsOptions;
     deflist?: DeflistSpecsOptions;
     heading?: false | Extension | HeadingSpecsOptions;
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ export const MarkdownBlocksSpecsPreset: ExtensionAuto<MarkdownBlocksSpecsPresetO
         .use(Html)
         .use(ListsSpecs)
         .use(TableSpecs)
-        .use(BreaksSpecs)
+        .use(BreaksSpecs, opts.breaks ?? {})
         .use(BlockquoteSpecs)
         .use(HorizontalRuleSpecs)
         .use(DeflistSpecs, opts.deflist ?? {})