diff --git a/R/collapse_rows.R b/R/collapse_rows.R
index ab7186f..bba69fa 100644
--- a/R/collapse_rows.R
+++ b/R/collapse_rows.R
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 #' be separated by hlines.
 #' @param row_group_label_position Option controlling positions of row group
 #' labels. Choose from `identity`, `stack`, or `first` -- the latter behaves
-#' like `identity` when `row_group_label_position` is `top` but without using
-#' the multirow package.
+#' like `identity` when `valign` is `top` but without using the multirow
+#' package.
 #' @param row_group_label_fonts A list of arguments that can be supplied to
 #' group_rows function to format the row group label when
 #' `row_group_label_position` is `stack`.
@@ -213,16 +213,18 @@ collapse_rows_latex <- function(kable_input, columns, latex_hline, valign,
         # are to the right of this column
         num_rows <- collapse_matrix[i, j]
         num_cols <- ncol(collapse_matrix) - j
-        if (num_rows && num_cols && valign != "\\[b\\]") {
+        if (all(num_rows > 0, num_cols > 0, valign != "\\[b\\]", latex_hline != "none")) {
           vmove <- sum(rowSums(collapse_matrix[i - seq_len(num_rows-1), j + seq_len(num_cols), drop = FALSE]) > 0)
-          if (valign == "")
-            vmove <- 0.5*vmove
-        } else
+          if(valign == "") {
+            vmove <- 0.5 * vmove
+          }
+        } else {
           vmove <- 0
+        }
         new_kable_dt[i, columns[j]] <- collapse_new_dt_item(
-          kable_dt[i, columns[j]], collapse_matrix[i, j], column_width,
+          x = kable_dt[i, columns[j]], span = collapse_matrix[i, j], width = column_width,
           align = column_align, valign = valign,
-          vmove = vmove
+          vmove = vmove, latex_hline = latex_hline
         )
       }
     }
@@ -324,14 +326,34 @@ kable_dt_latex <- function(x, col_names) {
   data.frame(do.call(rbind, str_split(x, " & ")), stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
 }
 
-collapse_new_dt_item <- function(x, span, width = NULL, align, valign, vmove = 0) {
+collapse_new_dt_item <- function(x, span, width = NULL, align, valign,
+                                 vmove = 0, latex_hline) {
   if (span == 0) return("")
   if (span == 1) return(x)
   out <- paste0(
-    "\\\\multirow", valign, "\\{", -span, "\\}\\{",
+    "\\\\multirow", valign, "\\{",
+    ifelse(
+      any(
+        valign != "\\[t\\]",
+        !latex_hline %in% c("none", "major", "linespace")
+      ),
+      -span,
+      -(span - 1)
+    ), "\\}\\{",
     ifelse(is.null(width), "\\*", width),
     "\\}",
-    if(vmove) paste0("[", vmove, "\\\\dimexpr\\\\aboverulesep+\\\\belowrulesep+\\\\cmidrulewidth]"),
+    switch(
+      latex_hline,
+      "full" = paste0(
+        "[", span - 1,
+        "\\\\dimexpr\\\\aboverulesep+\\\\belowrulesep+\\\\cmidrulewidth]"
+      ),
+      "custom" = paste0(
+        "[", vmove,
+        "\\\\dimexpr\\\\aboverulesep+\\\\belowrulesep+\\\\cmidrulewidth]"
+      ),
+      paste0("[\\\\normalbaselineskip]")
+    ),
     "\\{",
     switch(align,
            "l" = "\\\\raggedright\\\\arraybackslash ",