diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 427aee49a5b0b5f1901cf74d43f7e19fe02c5f3b..e5eaf0d1908a156a0addd8c0915c2fe4fa841af8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ For a detailed view of what's changed, refer to the {url-repo}/commits[commit hi
 * allow doctype of assembly to be set using `assembly.doctype` config key (instead of the `doctype` AsciiDoc attribute)
 * make separator used to scope IDs XML compliant using `assembly.xml_ids` config key (#94)
 * allow primary site URL to be set using `primary-site-url` attribute when site URL is not set
+* add heading role to section when level is restricted (e.g., h7) (#97)
 
 === Changed
 
diff --git a/packages/assembler/lib/produce-assembly-file.js b/packages/assembler/lib/produce-assembly-file.js
index 89b99a82905cb448d2aa25829f3a8e350f04afe0..df2d23d74dcb59d3d284ac794055c0dafa27e8fd 100644
--- a/packages/assembler/lib/produce-assembly-file.js
+++ b/packages/assembler/lib/produce-assembly-file.js
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ function mergeAsciiDoc (
         pageFragment = `#${idScope}`
         if (part && level === 1) level--
         if ((heading = { title: navtitleAsciiDoc, level: level + 1 }).level > 6) {
-          Object.assign(heading, { level: 6, style: 'discrete' })
+          Object.assign(heading, { level: 6, style: `discrete.h${heading.level}` })
         }
       }
     }
@@ -266,8 +266,9 @@ function mergeAsciiDoc (
       }
       let hlevel = level + 2
       if (hlevel > 6) {
+        const blockStyle = `discrete.h${hlevel}`
         hlevel = 6
-        buffer.push(syntheticId ? `[discrete#${syntheticId}]` : '[discrete]')
+        buffer.push(syntheticId ? `[${blockStyle}#${syntheticId}]` : `[${blockStyle}]`)
       } else if (syntheticId) {
         buffer.push(`[#${syntheticId}]`)
       }
@@ -469,8 +470,8 @@ function mergeAsciiDoc (
         lines[idx] = lines[idx].replace(/^=+ (.+)/, (_, rest) => {
           let targetMarkerLength = block.level + 1 + level + (enclosed ? 1 : 0)
           if (targetMarkerLength > 6) {
+            blockStyle = `discrete.h${targetMarkerLength}`
             targetMarkerLength = 6
-            blockStyle = 'discrete'
           }
           return '='.repeat(targetMarkerLength) + ' ' + rest
         })
diff --git a/packages/assembler/test/scenarios/restrict-maximum-heading-level/expects/index.adoc b/packages/assembler/test/scenarios/restrict-maximum-heading-level/expects/index.adoc
index 41e7013ff4ad021ac7fa8f6ee2ffd64f4766852b..9c41b9fd145f4d6a7cbf70def73f021b11190c86 100644
--- a/packages/assembler/test/scenarios/restrict-maximum-heading-level/expects/index.adoc
+++ b/packages/assembler/test/scenarios/restrict-maximum-heading-level/expects/index.adoc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ contents
 [discrete#foo:::_nested]
 ====== Nested
 
-[discrete#foo:::_section]
+[discrete.h7#foo:::_section]
 ====== Section
 
 :docname: bar
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ contents
 :page-origin-refname: v1.0
 :page-origin-reftype: branch
 :page-origin-refhash: a00000000000000000000000000000000000000z
-[discrete#buzz]
+[discrete.h7#buzz]
 ====== Buzz
 
 contents