diff --git a/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex b/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
index 909f35e..9b3db6b 100644
--- a/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
+++ b/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ defmodule Outlook.InternalTree.RawInternalBasic do
   def partition_inlinelevel([]), do: []
 
 
+  def strip_empty_nodes([%{type: :element} = node | rest]) when node.name in ~w(img br) do
+    [ node | strip_empty_nodes(rest) ]
+  end
+
   def strip_empty_nodes([%{type: :element} = node | rest]) do
     content = strip_empty_nodes(node.content)
     case content do