diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_utils.py b/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
index 5fbd066d..bca783cb 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
 import pytz
 
+from markupsafe import Markup
+
 from pelican import utils
 from pelican.generators import TemplatePagesGenerator
 from pelican.readers import Readers
@@ -233,6 +235,32 @@ class TestUtils(LoggedTestCase):
             utils.truncate_html_words('<!-- comment -->' + 'word ' * 100, 20),
             '<!-- comment -->' + 'word ' * 20 + '…')
 
+        # Words enclosed or intervaled by HTML tags with a custom end
+        # marker containing HTML tags.
+        self.assertEqual(
+            utils.truncate_html_words('<p>' + 'word ' * 100 + '</p>', 20,
+                '<span>marker</span>'),
+            '<p>' + 'word ' * 20 + '<span>marker</span></p>')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            utils.truncate_html_words(
+                '<span\nstyle="\n…\n">' + 'word ' * 100 + '</span>', 20,
+                '<span>marker</span>'),
+            '<span\nstyle="\n…\n">' + 'word ' * 20 + '<span>marker</span></span>')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            utils.truncate_html_words('<br>' + 'word ' * 100, 20,
+                '<span>marker</span>'),
+            '<br>' + 'word ' * 20 + '<span>marker</span>')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            utils.truncate_html_words('<!-- comment -->' + 'word ' * 100, 20,
+                '<span>marker</span>'),
+            '<!-- comment -->' + 'word ' * 20 + '<span>marker</span>')
+
+        # Words with HTML tags and a Jinja2 generated end marker (Markup)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            utils.truncate_html_words('<p>' + 'word ' * 100 + '</p>', 20,
+                Markup('<span>marker</span>')),
+            '<p>' + 'word ' * 20 + '<span>marker</span></p>')
+
         # Words with hypens and apostrophes.
         self.assertEqual(
             utils.truncate_html_words("a-b " * 100, 20),
diff --git a/pelican/utils.py b/pelican/utils.py
index b69cbf95..a3f9a9e1 100644
--- a/pelican/utils.py
+++ b/pelican/utils.py
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ def truncate_html_words(s, num, end_text='…'):
         return s
     out = s[:truncator.truncate_at]
     if end_text:
+        # check if the passed terminator was Jinja2 generated (i.e. Markup)
+        if isinstance(end_text, Markup):
+            end_text = end_text.unescape()
         out += ' ' + end_text
     # Close any tags still open
     for tag in truncator.open_tags: