diff --git a/markdownify/__init__.py b/markdownify/__init__.py
index 5c008d3..c9bc9a2 100644
--- a/markdownify/__init__.py
+++ b/markdownify/__init__.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class MarkdownConverter(object):
         if convert_as_inline:
             return text
 
-        return '\n' + line_beginning_re.sub('> ', text) if text else ''
+        return '\n' + (line_beginning_re.sub('> ', text) + '\n\n') if text else ''
 
     def convert_br(self, el, text, convert_as_inline):
         if convert_as_inline:
diff --git a/tests/test_conversions.py b/tests/test_conversions.py
index edaefbc..a32bf65 100644
--- a/tests/test_conversions.py
+++ b/tests/test_conversions.py
@@ -75,12 +75,16 @@ def test_b_spaces():
 
 
 def test_blockquote():
-    assert md('<blockquote>Hello</blockquote>').strip() == '> Hello'
+    assert md('<blockquote>Hello</blockquote>') == '\n> Hello\n\n'
+
+
+def test_blockquote_with_paragraph():
+    assert md('<blockquote>Hello</blockquote><p>handsome</p>') == '\n> Hello\n\nhandsome\n\n'
 
 
 def test_nested_blockquote():
-    text = md('<blockquote>And she was like <blockquote>Hello</blockquote></blockquote>').strip()
-    assert text == '> And she was like \n> > Hello'
+    text = md('<blockquote>And she was like <blockquote>Hello</blockquote></blockquote>')
+    assert text == '\n> And she was like \n> > Hello\n> \n> \n\n'
 
 
 def test_br():