diff --git a/docling/backend/md_backend.py b/docling/backend/md_backend.py
index 669096e..eaf4753 100644
--- a/docling/backend/md_backend.py
+++ b/docling/backend/md_backend.py
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ class MarkdownDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
             # Start iterating from the root of the AST
             self.iterate_elements(parsed_ast, 0, doc, None)
             self.process_inline_text(None, doc)  # handle last hanging inline text
+            self.close_table(doc=doc)  # handle any last hanging table
 
             # if HTML blocks were detected, export to HTML and delegate to HTML backend
             if self._html_blocks > 0:
diff --git a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/ending_with_table.md.md b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/ending_with_table.md.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c179fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/ending_with_table.md.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+| Character      | Name in German   | Name in French   | Name in Italian   |
+|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
+| Scrooge McDuck | Dagobert Duck    | Balthazar Picsou | Paperone          |
+| Huey           | Tick             | Riri             | Qui               |
+| Dewey          | Trick            | Fifi             | Quo               |
+| Louie          | Track            | Loulou           | Qua               |
diff --git a/tests/data/md/ending_with_table.md b/tests/data/md/ending_with_table.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c491d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/md/ending_with_table.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+| Character | Name in German | Name in French | Name in Italian |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Scrooge McDuck | Dagobert Duck | Balthazar Picsou | Paperone |
+| Huey | Tick | Riri | Qui |
+| Dewey | Trick | Fifi | Quo |
+| Louie | Track | Loulou | Qua |