diff --git a/src/Paragraph.cpp b/src/Paragraph.cpp
index 58feaf4f25..3a9b03419e 100644
--- a/src/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ void Paragraph::Private::latexInset(BufferParams const & bparams,
 	// ArabTeX, though, cannot handle this special behavior, it seems.
 	bool arabtex = basefont.language()->lang() == "arabic_arabtex"
 		|| running_font.language()->lang() == "arabic_arabtex";
-	if (open_font && !inset->inheritFont()) {
+	if (open_font && (!inset->inheritFont() || inset->allowMultiPar())) {
 		bool closeLanguage = arabtex
 			|| basefont.isRightToLeft() == running_font.isRightToLeft();
 		unsigned int count = running_font.latexWriteStartChanges(os, bparams,
@@ -2563,14 +2563,14 @@ void Paragraph::latex(BufferParams const & bparams,
 					     && runningChange == change
 					     && change.type == Change::DELETED
 					     && !os.afterParbreak());
-		bool const non_inherit_inset =
-				(c == META_INSET && getInset(i) && !getInset(i)->inheritFont());
+		bool const multipar_inset =
+			(c == META_INSET && getInset(i) && getInset(i)->allowMultiPar());
 
 		// Do we need to close the previous font?
 		if (open_font &&
 		    ((current_font != running_font
 		      || current_font.language() != running_font.language())
-		     || (non_inherit_inset
+		     || (multipar_inset
 			 && (current_font == prev_font
 			     || current_font.language() == prev_font.language()))))
 		{
@@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@ void Paragraph::latex(BufferParams const & bparams,
 				column += 1;
 			}
 			otexstringstream ots;
-			if (!non_inherit_inset) {
+			if (!multipar_inset) {
 				column += current_font.latexWriteStartChanges(ots, bparams,
 									      runparams, basefont, last_font, false,
 									      needsCProtection(runparams.moving_arg));
@@ -2754,13 +2754,13 @@ void Paragraph::latex(BufferParams const & bparams,
 					}
 				}
 				// We need to restore these after insets with
-				// inheritFont() false
+				// allowMultiPar() true
 				Font const save_running_font = running_font;
 				Font const save_basefont = basefont;
 				d->latexInset(bparams, os, rp, running_font,
 						basefont, real_outerfont, open_font,
 						runningChange, style, i, column);
-				if (non_inherit_inset) {
+				if (multipar_inset) {
 					running_font = save_running_font;
 					basefont = save_basefont;
 				}
diff --git a/src/insets/Inset.h b/src/insets/Inset.h
index 4ef73db0ac..922d1cd743 100644
--- a/src/insets/Inset.h
+++ b/src/insets/Inset.h
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ public:
 	virtual bool asciiOnly() const { return false; }
 	/// returns whether this inset is allowed in other insets of given mode
 	virtual bool allowedIn(mode_type) const { return true; }
+	/// returns whether paragraph breaks can occur inside this inset
+	virtual bool allowMultiPar() const  { return false; }
 	/**
 	 * The font is inherited from the parent for LaTeX export if this
 	 * method returns true. No open font changes are closed in front of
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp b/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
index b449ab392e..8458ce4728 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetTabular.cpp
@@ -4366,6 +4366,18 @@ bool InsetTabular::insetAllowed(InsetCode code) const
 }
 
 
+bool InsetTabular::allowMultiPar() const
+{
+	for (Tabular::col_type c = 0; c < tabular.ncols(); ++c) {
+		for (Tabular::row_type r = 0; r < tabular.nrows(); ++r) {
+			if (tabular.cellInset(r,c)->allowMultiPar())
+				return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+
 bool InsetTabular::allowsCaptionVariation(std::string const & newtype) const
 {
 	return tabular.is_long_tabular &&
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetTabular.h b/src/insets/InsetTabular.h
index 028da97969..fd942049ba 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetTabular.h
+++ b/src/insets/InsetTabular.h
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ public:
 	void metrics(MetricsInfo &, Dimension &) const;
 	/// Needs to be same as InsetTabular
 	bool inheritFont() const { return false; }
+	/// Can the cell contain several paragraphs?
+	bool allowMultiPar() const { return !isMultiRow && (!isMultiColumn || isFixedWidth); }
 private:
 	/// unimplemented
 	InsetTableCell();
@@ -135,8 +137,6 @@ private:
 	virtual bool forceLocalFontSwitch() const;
 	/// Is the width forced to some value?
 	bool hasFixedWidth() const { return isFixedWidth; }
-	/// Can the cell contain several paragraphs?
-	bool allowMultiPar() const { return !isMultiRow && (!isMultiColumn || isFixedWidth); }
 };
 
 
@@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ public:
 	    insets that may contain several paragraphs */
 	bool inheritFont() const { return false; }
 	///
+	bool allowMultiPar() const;
+	///
 	bool allowsCaptionVariation(std::string const &) const;
 	//
 	bool isTable() const { return true; }
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.h b/src/insets/InsetText.h
index d86bfb75d3..ca09a683c3 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.h
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public:
 	///
 	virtual bool isMacroScope() const { return false; }
 	///
-	virtual bool allowMultiPar() const { return getLayout().isMultiPar(); }
+	bool allowMultiPar() const { return getLayout().isMultiPar(); }
 	///
 	bool isInTitle() const { return intitle_context_; }
 	///