diff --git a/src/Html2Text.php b/src/Html2Text.php
index 6e0f9e5..18ab23f 100644
--- a/src/Html2Text.php
+++ b/src/Html2Text.php
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ protected function converter(&$text)
     {
         $this->convertBlockquotes($text);
         $this->convertPre($text);
+        $this->convertOrderedLists($text);
         $text = preg_replace($this->search, $this->replace, $text);
         $text = preg_replace_callback($this->callbackSearch, array($this, 'pregCallback'), $text);
         $text = strip_tags($text);
@@ -391,6 +392,9 @@ protected function converter(&$text)
         // This properly handles situation of """ in input string
         $text = str_replace('|+|amp|+|', '&', $text);
 
+        // Convert the "* |+|ol|+|N|+|" markers of ordered list items into "N. ", see convertOrderedLists()
+        $text = preg_replace('/\* \|\+\|ol\|\+\|(-?\d+)\|\+\|/', '\\1. ', $text);
+
         // Normalise empty lines
         $text = preg_replace("/\n\s+\n/", "\n\n", $text);
         $text = preg_replace("/[\n]{3,}/", "\n\n", $text);
@@ -501,6 +505,48 @@ protected function convertPre(&$text)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper function for numbering the items of ordered lists.
+     *
+     * Adds a "|+|ol|+|N|+|" marker after every LI tag of an OL list, which
+     * converter() turns into "N. " instead of the "* " bullet. Nested lists
+     * and the start attribute of OL are taken into account.
+     *
+     * @param string &$text HTML content
+     */
+    protected function convertOrderedLists(&$text)
+    {
+        if (stripos($text, '<ol') === false) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $parts = preg_split('/(<\/?(?:ol|ul)\b[^>]*>|<li\b[^>]*>)/i', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
+        // next item number of every open list, null for unordered lists
+        $lists = array();
+        foreach ($parts as $i => $part) {
+            // even parts are the content between the tags
+            if ($i % 2 === 0) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (preg_match('/^<(\/?)(ol|ul)\b/i', $part, $matches)) {
+                if ($matches[1] === '/') {
+                    array_pop($lists);
+                } elseif (strtolower($matches[2]) === 'ol') {
+                    $lists[] = preg_match('/\sstart\s*=\s*["\']?(-?\d+)/i', $part, $start) ? (int) $start[1] : 1;
+                } else {
+                    $lists[] = null;
+                }
+            } elseif ($lists && end($lists) !== null) {
+                $level = count($lists) - 1;
+                $parts[$i] = $part . '|+|ol|+|' . $lists[$level] . '|+|';
+                $lists[$level]++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $text = implode('', $parts);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper function for BLOCKQUOTE body conversion.
      *
diff --git a/test/ListTest.php b/test/ListTest.php
index fb503d8..bd3b086 100644
--- a/test/ListTest.php
+++ b/test/ListTest.php
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ public function testOrderedList()
 EOT;
 
         $expected =<<<'EOT'
- 	* Item 1
- 	* Item 2
- 	* Item 3
+ 	1. Item 1
+ 	2. Item 2
+ 	3. Item 3
 
 
 EOT;
@@ -49,4 +49,22 @@ public function testOrderedList()
         $html2text = new Html2Text($html);
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $html2text->getText());
     }
+
+    public function testOrderedListWithStart()
+    {
+        $html = '<ol start="5"><li>Item 5</li><li>Item 6</li></ol>';
+        $expected = "\t5. Item 5\n\t6. Item 6";
+
+        $html2text = new Html2Text($html);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, trim($html2text->getText(), "\n"));
+    }
+
+    public function testNestedOrderedAndUnorderedLists()
+    {
+        $html = '<ol><li>One<ul><li>Sub a</li><li>Sub b</li></ul></li><li>Two<ol><li>Sub 1</li></ol></li></ol>';
+        $expected = "\t1. One\n\n\t* Sub a\n\t* Sub b\n\n\t2. Two\n\n\t1. Sub 1";
+
+        $html2text = new Html2Text($html);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, trim($html2text->getText(), "\n"));
+    }
 }