diff --git a/package/src/common/prepare-dist.ts b/package/src/common/prepare-dist.ts
index ac1a586267..73ce539af9 100755
--- a/package/src/common/prepare-dist.ts
+++ b/package/src/common/prepare-dist.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ function inlineFilters(config: Configuration) {
     { name: "layout" },
     { name: "quarto-post" },
     { name: "authors" },
+    { name: "pagebreak", dir: "rmarkdown" },
   ];
 
   filtersToInline.forEach((filter) => {