diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index 43f4228f8be7..d8881ef98951 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ environments = M.union (tableEnvironments block inline) $
    , ("minipage", divWith ("",["minipage"],[]) <$>
        env "minipage" (skipopts *> spaces *> optional braced *> spaces *> blocks))
    , ("figure", env "figure" $ skipopts *> figure')
+   , ("figure*", env "figure*" $ skipopts *> figure')
    , ("subfigure", env "subfigure" $ skipopts *> tok *> figure')
    , ("center", divWith ("", ["center"], []) <$> env "center" blocks)
    , ("quote", blockQuote <$> env "quote" blocks)
diff --git a/test/command/6034.md b/test/command/6034.md
index eb8999d11020..3739fbdd044e 100644
--- a/test/command/6034.md
+++ b/test/command/6034.md
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
   \end{overpic}
 \end{figure*}
 ^D
-[ RawBlock
-    (Format "latex")
-    "\\begin{figure*}\n  \\centering\n  \\begin{overpic}{test_pic}\n    \\put (70,80) {Caption}\n  \\end{overpic}\n\\end{figure*}"
+[ Figure
+    ( "" , [] , [] )
+    (Caption Nothing [])
+    [ RawBlock (Format "latex") "\\centering"
+    , RawBlock
+        (Format "latex")
+        "\\begin{overpic}{test_pic}\n    \\put (70,80) {Caption}\n  \\end{overpic}"
+    ]
 ]
 ```