diff --git a/packages/tiptap-commands/src/commands/splitToDefaultListItem.js b/packages/tiptap-commands/src/commands/splitToDefaultListItem.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba4fd60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tiptap-commands/src/commands/splitToDefaultListItem.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// this is a copy of canSplit
+// see https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-transform/blob/master/src/structure.js
+
+function canSplit(doc, pos, depth = 1, typesAfter) {
+  let $pos = doc.resolve(pos), base = $pos.depth - depth
+  let innerType = (typesAfter && typesAfter[typesAfter.length - 1]) || $pos.parent
+  if (base < 0 || $pos.parent.type.spec.isolating ||
+      !$pos.parent.canReplace($pos.index(), $pos.parent.childCount) ||
+      !innerType.type.validContent($pos.parent.content.cutByIndex($pos.index(), $pos.parent.childCount)))
+    return false
+  for (let d = $pos.depth - 1, i = depth - 2; d > base; d--, i--) {
+    let node = $pos.node(d), index = $pos.index(d)
+    if (node.type.spec.isolating) return false
+    let rest = node.content.cutByIndex(index, node.childCount)
+    let after = (typesAfter && typesAfter[i]) || node
+		if (after != node) rest = rest.replaceChild(0, after.type.create(after.attrs))
+
+		/* Change starts from here */
+		// if (!node.canReplace(index + 1, node.childCount) || !after.type.validContent(rest))
+    //   return false
+    if (!node.canReplace(index + 1, node.childCount))
+      return false
+		/* Change ends here */
+  }
+  let index = $pos.indexAfter(base)
+  let baseType = typesAfter && typesAfter[0]
+  return $pos.node(base).canReplaceWith(index, index, baseType ? baseType.type : $pos.node(base + 1).type)
+}
+
+// this is a copy of splitListItem
+// see https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-schema-list/blob/master/src/schema-list.js
+
+export default function (itemType) {
+  return function(state, dispatch) {
+    let {$from, $to, node} = state.selection
+    if ((node && node.isBlock) || $from.depth < 2 || !$from.sameParent($to)) return false
+    let grandParent = $from.node(-1)
+    if (grandParent.type != itemType) return false
+    if ($from.parent.content.size == 0) {
+      // In an empty block. If this is a nested list, the wrapping
+      // list item should be split. Otherwise, bail out and let next
+      // command handle lifting.
+      if ($from.depth == 2 || $from.node(-3).type != itemType ||
+					$from.index(-2) != $from.node(-2).childCount - 1) return false
+
+      if (dispatch) {
+        let wrap = Fragment.empty, keepItem = $from.index(-1) > 0
+        // Build a fragment containing empty versions of the structure
+        // from the outer list item to the parent node of the cursor
+        for (let d = $from.depth - (keepItem ? 1 : 2); d >= $from.depth - 3; d--)
+          wrap = Fragment.from($from.node(d).copy(wrap))
+        // Add a second list item with an empty default start node
+				wrap = wrap.append(Fragment.from(itemType.createAndFill()))
+        let tr = state.tr.replace($from.before(keepItem ? null : -1), $from.after(-3), new Slice(wrap, keepItem ? 3 : 2, 2))
+        tr.setSelection(state.selection.constructor.near(tr.doc.resolve($from.pos + (keepItem ? 3 : 2))))
+        dispatch(tr.scrollIntoView())
+      }
+      return true
+    }
+		let nextType = $to.pos == $from.end() ? grandParent.contentMatchAt($from.indexAfter(-1)).defaultType : null
+		let tr = state.tr.delete($from.pos, $to.pos)
+
+		/* Change starts from here */
+		// let types = nextType && [null, {type: nextType}]
+    let types = nextType && [{type: itemType}, {type: nextType}]
+    if (!types) types = [{type: itemType}, null]
+		/* Change ends here */
+
+		if (!canSplit(tr.doc, $from.pos, 2, types)) return false
+    if (dispatch) dispatch(tr.split($from.pos, 2, [{type: state.schema.nodes.todo_item, attrs: { done: false }}]).scrollIntoView())
+    return true
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/tiptap-commands/src/index.js b/packages/tiptap-commands/src/index.js
index 6218b9d7..5738c992 100644
--- a/packages/tiptap-commands/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/tiptap-commands/src/index.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
 
 import markInputRule from './commands/markInputRule'
 import removeMark from './commands/removeMark'
+import splitToDefaultListItem from './commands/splitToDefaultListItem'
 import toggleBlockType from './commands/toggleBlockType'
 import toggleList from './commands/toggleList'
 import updateMark from './commands/updateMark'
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ export {
 	// custom
 	markInputRule,
 	removeMark,
+	splitToDefaultListItem,
 	toggleBlockType,
 	toggleList,
 	updateMark,
diff --git a/packages/tiptap-extensions/src/nodes/TodoItem.js b/packages/tiptap-extensions/src/nodes/TodoItem.js
index 21342d40..c8273552 100644
--- a/packages/tiptap-extensions/src/nodes/TodoItem.js
+++ b/packages/tiptap-extensions/src/nodes/TodoItem.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Node } from 'tiptap'
-import { splitListItem, liftListItem } from 'tiptap-commands'
+import { splitToDefaultListItem, liftListItem } from 'tiptap-commands'
 
 export default class TodoItemNode extends Node {
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default class TodoItemNode extends Node {
 
 	keys({ type }) {
 		return {
-			Enter: splitListItem(type),
+			Enter: splitToDefaultListItem(type),
 			'Shift-Tab': liftListItem(type),
 		}
 	}