diff --git a/lisp/ox-latex.el b/lisp/ox-latex.el
index 46a3cae..11c3fc5 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-latex.el
@@ -3005,7 +3005,10 @@ CONTENTS is nil.  INFO is a plist holding contextual information."
 	;; the section instead).  Also insert caption if `latex-environment'
 	;; is not a math environment.
 	(with-temp-buffer
+          (insert "\\begin{figure}\n")
 	  (insert value)
+          (goto-char (point-max))
+          (insert "\\end{figure}")
 	  (if caption-above-p
 	      (progn
 		(goto-char (point-min))