diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e04e7a41..113293056 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 *.cp
 *.cps
 *.dvi
+*.elc
 *.fn
 *.fns
 *.html
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad5a0ed5c..a0ebbbe28 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-05-06  Bastien Guerry  <bzg@altern.org>
+
+	* lisp/org-export-latex.el (org-export-latex-preprocess): Added
+	support for blockquotes.
+
 2008-05-05  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
 	* lisp/org.el (org-read-date-analyze): Catch the case where only a
diff --git a/lisp/org-export-latex.el b/lisp/org-export-latex.el
index 9b30dcdcb..d48af304b 100644
--- a/lisp/org-export-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-export-latex.el
@@ -1096,6 +1096,14 @@ Regexps are those from `org-export-latex-special-string-regexps'."
     (replace-match (org-export-latex-protect-string
 		    (concat (match-string 1) "\\LaTeX{}")) t t)))
 
+  ;; Convert blockquotes
+  (goto-char (point-min))
+  (while (re-search-forward "^#\\+BEGIN_QUOTE" nil t)
+    (replace-match "\\begin{quote}" t t))
+  (goto-char (point-min))
+  (while (re-search-forward "^#\\+END_QUOTE" nil t)
+    (replace-match "\\end{quote}" t t))
+
   ;; Convert horizontal rules
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (while (re-search-forward "^----+.$" nil t)