diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Djot.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Djot.hs
index a28d1c92dac83..e4a9f902f2317 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Djot.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Djot.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Logging
 import Text.Pandoc.Emoji (emojiToInline)
 import Control.Monad.Reader
 import qualified Data.Foldable as F
-import qualified Data.Sequence as Seq
 -- import Debug.Trace
 
 -- | Read Djot from an input string and return a Pandoc document.
@@ -74,8 +73,11 @@ convertBlock (D.Node attr bl) = addAttrToBlock attr <$>
     D.CodeBlock lang bs -> pure $
       codeBlockWith ("", [UTF8.toText lang], []) $ UTF8.toText bs
     D.Div bls -> divWith nullAttr <$> convertBlocks bls
-    D.OrderedList olattr listSpacing items ->  -- TODO handle tight/loose listSpacing
-      orderedListWith olattr' <$> mapM convertBlocks items
+    D.OrderedList olattr listSpacing items ->
+      orderedListWith olattr' .
+        (case listSpacing of
+           D.Tight -> map toTight
+           D.Loose -> id) <$> mapM convertBlocks items
      where
        olattr' = ( D.orderedListStart olattr
                  , case D.orderedListStyle olattr of
@@ -89,11 +91,17 @@ convertBlock (D.Node attr bl) = addAttrToBlock attr <$>
                      D.RightParen -> OneParen
                      D.LeftRightParen -> TwoParens
                  )
-    D.BulletList listSpacing items -> -- TODO handle listSpacing
-      bulletList <$> mapM convertBlocks items
+    D.BulletList listSpacing items ->
+        bulletList .
+        (case listSpacing of
+           D.Tight -> map toTight
+           D.Loose -> id) <$> mapM convertBlocks items
     D.TaskList listSpacing items -> pure $ para $ str "TASKLIST TODO" -- TODO -- [(TaskStatus, Blocks)]
-    D.DefinitionList listSpacing items ->  -- TODO handle listSpacing
-      definitionList <$> mapM toDlItem items
+    D.DefinitionList listSpacing items ->
+      definitionList .
+        (case listSpacing of
+           D.Tight -> map (\(t,d) -> (t, map toTight d))
+           D.Loose -> id) <$> mapM toDlItem items
      where
        toDlItem (ils,bls) = (,) <$> convertInlines ils <*> ((:[]) <$> convertBlocks bls)
     D.ThematicBreak -> pure horizontalRule
@@ -181,3 +189,9 @@ addAttrToInline attr =
        D.Attr [] -> id
        D.Attr as -> addPandocAttributes
                       (map (\(k,v) -> (UTF8.toText k, UTF8.toText v)) as)
+
+toTight :: Blocks -> Blocks
+toTight (Many bls) = Many $ paraToPlain <$> bls
+ where
+   paraToPlain (Para ils) = Plain ils
+   paraToPlain x = x