diff --git a/html.go b/html.go
index 754213e..a60cdd6 100644
--- a/html.go
+++ b/html.go
@@ -1133,6 +1133,9 @@ func (r *HTML) RenderNode(w io.Writer, node *Node, entering bool) WalkStatus {
 			r.out(w, tag("/del", nil, false))
 		}
 	case HTMLSpan:
+		if r.flags&SkipHTML != 0 {
+			break
+		}
 		if r.flags&SkipStyle != 0 && isHtmlTag(node.Literal, "style") {
 			break
 		}
@@ -1237,6 +1240,9 @@ func (r *HTML) RenderNode(w io.Writer, node *Node, entering bool) WalkStatus {
 		}
 		break
 	case HTMLBlock:
+		if r.flags&SkipHTML != 0 {
+			break
+		}
 		r.cr(w)
 		r.out(w, node.Literal)
 		r.cr(w)
diff --git a/inline_test.go b/inline_test.go
index 0d10ff5..8a713a0 100644
--- a/inline_test.go
+++ b/inline_test.go
@@ -1158,3 +1158,13 @@ func TestUseXHTML(t *testing.T) {
 		"<hr />\n",
 	}, TestParams{HTMLFlags: UseXHTML})
 }
+
+func TestSkipHTML(t *testing.T) {
+	doTestsParam(t, []string{
+		"<div class=\"foo\"></div>\n\ntext\n\n<form>the form</form>",
+		"<p>text</p>\n",
+
+		"text <em>inline html</em> more text",
+		"<p>text inline html more text</p>\n",
+	}, TestParams{HTMLFlags: SkipHTML})
+}