diff --git a/CRM/Mailing/BAO/Mailing.php b/CRM/Mailing/BAO/Mailing.php
index 0bd1fa660e19..fab0bcb82de3 100644
--- a/CRM/Mailing/BAO/Mailing.php
+++ b/CRM/Mailing/BAO/Mailing.php
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ public function getTemplates() {
       }
 
       // To check for an html part strip tags
-      if (trim(strip_tags($this->body_html))) {
+      if (trim(strip_tags($this->body_html, '<img>'))) {
 
         $template = array();
         if ($this->header) {