diff --git a/markdownify/__init__.py b/markdownify/__init__.py
index 0b2a620..eeaaf74 100644
--- a/markdownify/__init__.py
+++ b/markdownify/__init__.py
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ class MarkdownConverter(object):
                 continue
         return '\n'.join(text_data)
 
+    def convert_hr(self, el, text, convert_as_inline):
+        return '\n\n---\n\n'
+
 
 def markdownify(html, **options):
     return MarkdownConverter(**options).convert(html)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61d07ec..bdf2b70 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ read = lambda filepath: codecs.open(filepath, 'r', 'utf-8').read()
 pkgmeta = {
     '__title__': 'markdownify',
     '__author__': 'Matthew Tretter',
-    '__version__': '0.7.0',
+    '__version__': '0.7.1',
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_conversions.py b/tests/test_conversions.py
index 6dcf9a6..9d25940 100644
--- a/tests/test_conversions.py
+++ b/tests/test_conversions.py
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ def test_hn_nested_img():
 
 
 def test_hr():
-    assert md('<hr>hr</hr>') == 'hr'
+    assert md('Hello<hr>World') == 'Hello\n\n---\n\nWorld'
+    assert md('Hello<hr />World') == 'Hello\n\n---\n\nWorld'
+    assert md('<p>Hello</p>\n<hr>\n<p>World</p>') == 'Hello\n\n\n\n\n---\n\n\nWorld\n\n'
 
 
 def test_head():