diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
index c04bf00e..e7e2f1bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ public class FeedUtils {
 			whitelist.addAttributes("pre", "dir");
 			whitelist.addAttributes("code", "dir");
 			whitelist.addAttributes("table", "dir");
+			whitelist.addAttributes("p", "dir");
 			whitelist.addAttributes("a", "href", "title");
 			whitelist.addAttributes("blockquote", "cite");
 			whitelist.addAttributes("col", "span", "width");