diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/DocumentSeparator.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/DocumentSeparator.java
index 4938817..02553ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/DocumentSeparator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/DocumentSeparator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class DocumentSeparator {
 	private int splitLevel = 0;
 	private boolean splitByPages = false;
 	private int lastSplitPageNum = 1;
+	private Integer pageNumber = null;
 		
 	private static LinkedList<Integer> headerStack = new LinkedList<Integer>();
 	private static boolean pageOpened = false; 
@@ -149,24 +150,36 @@ public class DocumentSeparator {
 		return hnode;
 	}
 	
-	private Node openPageDiv(Node node,int pageNum){
+	private Node openPageDiv(Node node,int curPageNum){
 		if (node == null){
 			System.out.println("Error: node is null on openPageDiv");
 			return node;
 		}
 		if (prevPageNode != null && splitByPages) {
-			arrangePageDivs(node,pageNum);
+			arrangePageDivs(node,curPageNum);
 		}
+		breakPage(node,curPageNum);
 		Document doc = node.getOwnerDocument();
 		Element openBlock = (Element) doc.createElement(DIV);
 		openBlock.setAttribute("class", "pageNum");
-		openBlock.setAttribute("page", Integer.toString(pageNum));
+		openBlock.setAttribute("page", Integer.toString(curPageNum));
 		// insert open section comment before header node
 		node.appendChild((Node)openBlock);
 		node = openBlock;
 		return openBlock;
 	}
 	
+	private void breakPage(Node node, int curPageNum) {
+		if (pageNumber != null && pageNumber != curPageNum) {
+			
+			Document doc = node.getOwnerDocument();
+			Element pageBreak = (Element) doc.createElement(DIV);
+			pageBreak.setAttribute("class", "pageBreak");
+			node.appendChild(pageBreak);
+		}
+		pageNumber = curPageNum;
+	}
+
 	private void arrangePageDivs(Node node, int pageNum) {
 		Document newdoc = node.getOwnerDocument();
 		Document olddoc = prevPageNode.getOwnerDocument();