diff --git a/compiler/src/pre-parse/__test__/reformat-pandoc-simple-tables.test.ts b/compiler/src/pre-parse/__test__/reformat-pandoc-simple-tables.test.ts
index c8109124..9d5108d9 100644
--- a/compiler/src/pre-parse/__test__/reformat-pandoc-simple-tables.test.ts
+++ b/compiler/src/pre-parse/__test__/reformat-pandoc-simple-tables.test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,27 @@ describe('reformatPandocSimpleTables', () => {
     expect(ignoreWhitespace(md)).toBe(ignoreWhitespace(expected));
   });
 
+  it('should reformat pandoc simple table with end separator and empty cells', async () => {
+    const { md } = await testProcessor(String.raw`
+      Component   Degrees of freedom (df)  Sum of squares (SS)   Mean squares (MS)   F value
+      ----------- ------------------------ --------------------- ------------------- ---------------------------------------------
+      Model       $p-1$                    $MSS$                 $\frac{MSS}{p-1}$   $\frac{~~\frac{MSS}{p-1}~~}{\frac{RSS}{n-p}}$
+      Residual    $n-p$                    $RSS$                 $\frac{RSS}{n-p}$
+      Total       $n-1$                    $TSS$
+      ----------- ------------------------ --------------------- ------------------- ---------------------------------------------
+    `);
+
+    const expected = unindentString(String.raw`
+      | Component   | Degrees of freedom (df)  | Sum of squares (SS)   | Mean squares (MS)   | F value                                       |
+      | :---------- | :----------------------- | :-------------------- | :------------------ | :-------------------------------------------- |
+      | Model       | :inlineMath[0]                    | :inlineMath[1]                 | :inlineMath[2]   | :inlineMath[3] |
+      | Residual    | :inlineMath[4]                    | :inlineMath[5]                 | :inlineMath[6]   |                                               |
+      | Total       | :inlineMath[7]                    | :inlineMath[8]                 |                     |                                               |
+    `);
+
+    expect(ignoreWhitespace(md)).toBe(ignoreWhitespace(expected));
+  });
+
   it('should be idempotent', async () => {
     const { md } = await testProcessor(`
       Movie                            Gross       Budget
diff --git a/compiler/src/pre-parse/reformat-pandoc-simple-tables.ts b/compiler/src/pre-parse/reformat-pandoc-simple-tables.ts
index 4d54391a..353cbda0 100644
--- a/compiler/src/pre-parse/reformat-pandoc-simple-tables.ts
+++ b/compiler/src/pre-parse/reformat-pandoc-simple-tables.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ export function reformatPandocSimpleTables(contents: string) {
   // operate on array backwards as length may change with transformation,
   // preserving index in loop
   for (var idx = lines.length - 1; idx >= 0; idx--) {
-    const line = lines[idx];
-
-    if (isValidPandocSimpleTableSeparator(line, idx)) {
+    if (isValidPandocSimpleTableSeparator(lines, idx)) {
       const { startIdx, count } = getTableBounds(lines, idx);
       const currentLines = lines.slice(startIdx, startIdx + count + 1);
       const newLines = convertLines(currentLines);
@@ -21,18 +19,27 @@ export function reformatPandocSimpleTables(contents: string) {
   return lines.join(EOL);
 }
 
-function isValidPandocSimpleTableSeparator(line: string, idx: number) {
+function isValidPandocSimpleTableSeparator(
+  lines: string[],
+  idx: number,
+  isEnd?: boolean
+) {
+  const line = lines[idx] || '';
+
   if (idx === 0 || !/-{2,}/g.test(line) || !/^[\s|-]+$/.test(line)) {
     return false;
   }
-  return getColumnIndexes(line).length > 1;
-}
+  if (getColumnIndexes(line).length <= 1) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!isEnd) {
+    const nextLine = lines[idx + 1] || '';
+    if (nextLine.trim() === '') {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 
-function convertLines(lines: string[]) {
-  const table = parseTable(lines);
-  const align = getColumnAlignment(table[0]);
-  const result = markdownTable(table, { align });
-  return [...result.split(EOL), ''];
+  return true;
 }
 
 function getTableBounds(arr: string[], idx: number) {
@@ -42,14 +49,28 @@ function getTableBounds(arr: string[], idx: number) {
   return { startIdx, count };
 }
 
-function parseTable(tableLines: string[]) {
-  const [titles, separator, ...body] = tableLines;
+function convertLines(lines: string[]) {
+  const table = parseTable(lines);
+  const align = getColumnAlignment(table[0]);
+  const result = markdownTable(table, { align });
+  return [...result.split(EOL), ''];
+}
+
+function parseTable(lines: string[]) {
+  const [titles, separator, ...body] = lines;
   const columnIndexes = getColumnIndexes(separator);
   const titleCells = parseTitleRow(titles, columnIndexes);
-  const bodyCells = body
-    .map((line) => parseBodyRow(line, columnIndexes))
-    .reduce(multilineReducer, []);
-  return [titleCells, ...bodyCells];
+  const rows = body.map((line) => parseBodyRow(line, columnIndexes));
+  const hasEndSeparator = isValidPandocSimpleTableSeparator(
+    body,
+    body.length - 1,
+    true
+  );
+  if (hasEndSeparator) {
+    return [titleCells, ...rows.slice(0, -1)];
+  }
+  const multilineRows = rows.reduce(multilineReducer, []);
+  return [titleCells, ...multilineRows];
 }
 
 function getColumnIndexes(line: string) {
@@ -100,7 +121,7 @@ function multilineReducer(acc: string[][], row: string[]) {
       }
     });
   } else {
-    acc.push(row);
+    acc.push(row.slice());
   }
   return acc;
 }