diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index 009ab336c3b0..25fd1198f4f1 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -1875,6 +1875,7 @@ environments = M.fromList
    , ("obeylines", obeylines)
    , ("tikzpicture", rawVerbEnv "tikzpicture")
    , ("lilypond", rawVerbEnv "lilypond")
+   , ("ly", rawVerbEnv "ly")
    -- etoolbox
    , ("ifstrequal", ifstrequal)
    , ("newtoggle", braced >>= newToggle)