diff --git a/languages/cs.lua b/languages/cs.lua
index 7a73653a0..60578c838 100644
--- a/languages/cs.lua
+++ b/languages/cs.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+SILE.nodeMakers.cs = pl.class(SILE.nodeMakers.unicode)
+
+-- According to Czech rules, when a break occurs at an explicit hyphen, the hyphen gets repeated on the next line...
+SILE.nodeMakers.cs.handleWordBreak = SILE.nodeMakers.unicode._handleWordBreakRepeatHyphen
+SILE.nodeMakers.cs.handlelineBreak = SILE.nodeMakers.unicode._handlelineBreakRepeatHyphen
+
 SILE.hyphenator.languages["cs"] = {}
 SILE.hyphenator.languages["cs"].patterns =
    {