diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 24ebd9362..1a91991a4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Incompatible changes
   ``xcolor`` packages should be used by extensions of Sphinx latex writer.
   (refs #3550)
 * ``Builder.env`` is not filled at instantiation
+* #3594: LaTeX: single raw directive has been considereed as block level element
 
 Features removed
 ----------------
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 6466194b0..7e666ecff 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -1991,8 +1991,12 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
 
     def visit_raw(self, node):
         # type: (nodes.Node) -> None
+        if not self.is_inline(node):
+            self.body.append('\n')
         if 'latex' in node.get('format', '').split():
             self.body.append(node.astext())
+        if not self.is_inline(node):
+            self.body.append('\n')
         raise nodes.SkipNode
 
     def visit_reference(self, node):
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-directives-raw/conf.py b/tests/roots/test-directives-raw/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f81c30bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/test-directives-raw/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+master_doc = 'index'
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-directives-raw/index.rst b/tests/roots/test-directives-raw/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..401ab73b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/test-directives-raw/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+test-directives-raw
+===================
+
+HTML
+----
+
+standard
+^^^^^^^^
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+   standalone raw directive (HTML)
+
+with substitution
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+HTML: abc |HTML_RAW| ghi
+
+.. |HTML_RAW| raw:: html
+
+   def
+
+LaTeX
+-----
+
+standard
+^^^^^^^^
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+   standalone raw directive (LaTeX)
+
+with substitution
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+LaTeX: abc |LATEX_RAW| ghi
+
+.. |LATEX_RAW| raw:: latex
+
+   def
diff --git a/tests/test_build_html.py b/tests/test_build_html.py
index def6722c3..d4f37c787 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_html.py
@@ -1180,3 +1180,17 @@ def test_html_inventory(app):
                                            '',
                                            'http://example.com/index.html',
                                            'The basic Sphinx documentation for testing')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='directives-raw')
+def test_html_raw_directive(app, status, warning):
+    app.builder.build_all()
+    result = (app.outdir / 'index.html').text(encoding='utf8')
+
+    # standard case
+    assert 'standalone raw directive (HTML)' in result
+    assert 'standalone raw directive (LaTeX)' not in result
+
+    # with substitution
+    assert '<p>HTML: abc def ghi</p>' in result
+    assert '<p>LaTeX: abc  ghi</p>' in result
diff --git a/tests/test_build_latex.py b/tests/test_build_latex.py
index b2cfd6cbb..24ce0050a 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_latex.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_latex.py
@@ -1027,3 +1027,18 @@ def test_latex_table_complex_tables(app, status, warning):
             '\\sphinxtablestrut{6}&\\sphinxtablestrut{4}&\ncell3-5\n'
             '\\\\\n\\hline\n\\end{tabulary}\n'
             in table)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.sphinx('latex', testroot='directives-raw')
+def test_latex_raw_directive(app, status, warning):
+    app.builder.build_all()
+    result = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text(encoding='utf8')
+
+    # standard case
+    assert 'standalone raw directive (HTML)' not in result
+    assert ('\\label{\\detokenize{index:id1}}\n'
+            'standalone raw directive (LaTeX)' in result)
+
+    # with substitution
+    assert 'HTML: abc  ghi' in result
+    assert 'LaTeX: abc def ghi' in result