diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f287bba15..22380a300 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Release 0.6.6 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* #370: Fix handling of complex list item labels in LaTeX output.
+
 * #374: Make the ``doctest_path`` config value of the doctest
   extension actually work.
 
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 517d8d86d..55b46c9fb 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -757,10 +757,10 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
         pass
 
     def visit_term(self, node):
-        ctx = '] \\leavevmode'
+        ctx = '}] \\leavevmode'
         if node.has_key('ids') and node['ids']:
             ctx += '\\hypertarget{%s}{}' % self.idescape(node['ids'][0])
-        self.body.append('\\item[')
+        self.body.append('\\item[{')
         self.context.append(ctx)
     def depart_term(self, node):
         self.body.append(self.context.pop())