diff --git a/.changeset/wet-rockets-drum.md b/.changeset/wet-rockets-drum.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..921744abbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wet-rockets-drum.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@udecode/plate-serializer-md": patch
+---
+
+Fix(deserialize md): support empty list item
diff --git a/packages/serializer-md/src/deserializer/utils/deserializeMd.spec.tsx b/packages/serializer-md/src/deserializer/utils/deserializeMd.spec.tsx
index 6224a9477c..4ca73e1963 100644
--- a/packages/serializer-md/src/deserializer/utils/deserializeMd.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/serializer-md/src/deserializer/utils/deserializeMd.spec.tsx
@@ -397,4 +397,29 @@ describe('deserializeMdIndentList', () => {
 
     expect(deserializeMd(editor, input)).toEqual(output);
   });
+
+  it('should deserialize an empty list item', () => {
+    const input = '* Line 1\n*';
+
+    const output = [
+      {
+        type: 'p',
+        listStyleType: 'disc',
+        indent: 1,
+        children: [
+          {
+            text: 'Line 1',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'p',
+        listStyleType: 'disc',
+        indent: 1,
+        children: [],
+      },
+    ];
+
+    expect(deserializeMd(editor, input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/serializer-md/src/remark-slate/remarkDefaultElementRules.ts b/packages/serializer-md/src/remark-slate/remarkDefaultElementRules.ts
index 42ed259724..b5dd7e9817 100644
--- a/packages/serializer-md/src/remark-slate/remarkDefaultElementRules.ts
+++ b/packages/serializer-md/src/remark-slate/remarkDefaultElementRules.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ export const remarkDefaultElementRules: RemarkElementRules<Value> = {
               type: getPluginType(options.editor, ELEMENT_PARAGRAPH),
               listStyleType,
               indent,
-              children: remarkTransformElementChildren(paragraph, options),
+              children: remarkTransformElementChildren(
+                paragraph || '',
+                options
+              ),
             });
 
             subLists.forEach((subList) => {