diff --git a/R/markdown.R b/R/markdown.R
index 562fd22..fdba80f 100644
--- a/R/markdown.R
+++ b/R/markdown.R
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ markdown_text <- function(text, hardbreaks = FALSE, smart = FALSE, normalize = F
 
 #' @export
 #' @rdname commonmark
-markdown_latex <- function(text, hardbreaks = FALSE, smart = FALSE, normalize = FALSE, footnotes = FALSE, width = 0, extensions = FALSE){
+markdown_latex <- function(text, hardbreaks = FALSE, smart = FALSE, normalize = FALSE, sourcepos = FALSE, footnotes = FALSE, width = 0, extensions = FALSE){
   text <- enc2utf8(paste(text, collapse="\n"))
   extensions <- get_extensions(extensions)
-  .Call(R_render_markdown, text, 6L, FALSE, hardbreaks, smart, normalize, footnotes, as.integer(width), extensions)
+  .Call(R_render_markdown, text, 6L, sourcepos, hardbreaks, smart, normalize, footnotes, as.integer(width), extensions)
 }
diff --git a/man/commonmark.Rd b/man/commonmark.Rd
index 6d9b26f..129891e 100644
--- a/man/commonmark.Rd
+++ b/man/commonmark.Rd
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ markdown_latex(
   hardbreaks = FALSE,
   smart = FALSE,
   normalize = FALSE,
+  sourcepos = FALSE,
   footnotes = FALSE,
   width = 0,
   extensions = FALSE
diff --git a/src/cmark/latex.c b/src/cmark/latex.c
index 8be15b0..e884691 100644
--- a/src/cmark/latex.c
+++ b/src/cmark/latex.c
@@ -15,9 +15,19 @@
 #define OUT(s, wrap, escaping) renderer->out(renderer, node, s, wrap, escaping)
 #define LIT(s) renderer->out(renderer, node, s, false, LITERAL)
 #define CR() renderer->cr(renderer)
-#define BLANKLINE() renderer->blankline(renderer)
+#define BLANKLINE() latex_out_sourcepos(node, renderer, options); renderer->blankline(renderer)
 #define LIST_NUMBER_STRING_SIZE 20
 
+static CMARK_INLINE void latex_out_sourcepos(cmark_node *node, cmark_renderer *renderer, int options){
+  char buffer[100];
+  if (CMARK_OPT_SOURCEPOS & options) {
+    snprintf(buffer, 100, " %%sourcepos(%d:%d-%d:%d)",
+             cmark_node_get_start_line(node), cmark_node_get_start_column(node),
+             cmark_node_get_end_line(node), cmark_node_get_end_column(node));
+    renderer->out(renderer, node, buffer, false, LITERAL);
+  }
+}
+
 static CMARK_INLINE void outc(cmark_renderer *renderer, cmark_node *node,
                               cmark_escaping escape,
                               int32_t c, unsigned char nextc) {