diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallblock.js b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallblock.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e39815710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallblock.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*\
+title: $:/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallblock.js
+type: application/javascript
+module-type: wikirule
+
+Wiki rule for block macro calls
+
+{{{
+<<name value value2>>
+}}}
+
+\*/
+(function(){
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+exports.name = "macrocall";
+exports.types = {block: true};
+
+exports.init = function(parser) {
+	this.parser = parser;
+	// Regexp to match
+	this.matchRegExp = /<<([^\s>]+)\s*([\s\S]*?)>>(?:\r?\n|$)/mg;
+};
+
+/*
+Parse the most recent match
+*/
+exports.parse = function() {
+	// Get all the details of the match
+	var macroName = this.match[1],
+		paramString = this.match[2];
+	// Move past the macro call
+	this.parser.pos = this.matchRegExp.lastIndex;
+	var params = [],
+		reParam = /\s*(?:([A-Za-z0-9\-_]+)\s*:)?(?:\s*(?:"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|\[\[([^\]]*)\]\]|([^"'\s]+)))/mg,
+		paramMatch = reParam.exec(paramString);
+	while(paramMatch) {
+		// Process this parameter
+		var paramInfo = {
+			value: paramMatch[2] || paramMatch[3] || paramMatch[4] || paramMatch[5]
+		};
+		if(paramMatch[1]) {
+			paramInfo.name = paramMatch[1];
+		}
+		params.push(paramInfo);
+		// Find the next match
+		paramMatch = reParam.exec(paramString);
+	}
+	return [{
+		type: "macrocall",
+		name: macroName,
+		params: params,
+		isBlock: true
+	}];
+};
+
+})();
diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js
index dddc23cab..4d891804f 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*\
-title: $:/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocall.js
+title: $:/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js
 type: application/javascript
 module-type: wikirule
 
diff --git a/core/modules/rendertree/renderers/macrocall.js b/core/modules/rendertree/renderers/macrocall.js
index d667a5f44..f8f8767d4 100644
--- a/core/modules/rendertree/renderers/macrocall.js
+++ b/core/modules/rendertree/renderers/macrocall.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var MacroCallRenderer = function(renderTree,renderContext,parseTreeNode) {
 		// Substitute the macro parameters
 		var text = this.substituteParameters(macro.text,this.parseTreeNode,macro);
 		// Parse the text
-		childTree = this.renderTree.wiki.new_parseText("text/vnd.tiddlywiki",text).tree;
+		childTree = this.renderTree.wiki.new_parseText("text/vnd.tiddlywiki",text,{parseAsInline: !this.parseTreeNode.isBlock}).tree;
 	}
 	// Create the renderers for the child nodes
 	this.children = this.renderTree.createRenderers(this.renderContext,childTree);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ MacroCallRenderer.prototype.render = function(type) {
 
 MacroCallRenderer.prototype.renderInDom = function() {
 	// Create the element
-	this.domNode = document.createElement("span");
+	this.domNode = document.createElement(this.parseTreeNode.isBlock ? "div" : "span");
 	this.domNode.setAttribute("data-macro-name",this.parseTreeNode.name);
 	// Render any child nodes
 	var self = this;
diff --git a/core/templates/NewPageTemplate.tid b/core/templates/NewPageTemplate.tid
index 6594fb41b..f0e344ed7 100644
--- a/core/templates/NewPageTemplate.tid
+++ b/core/templates/NewPageTemplate.tid
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ title: $:/templates/NewPageTemplate
 \define coolmacro(p:ridiculously) This is my $p$ cool macro!
 \define me(one two)
 some<br>thing
+
+New paragraph
 \end
 \define another(first:default second third:default3) that is
 
@@ -11,6 +13,11 @@ some<br>thing
 *.disabled Is a 
 * List!!
 
+<<me red green>>
+
+Inline macro call: <<me red green>>
+
+
 |table|k
 | this | is | a | table |
 | yes | indeed |>| it is |