diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index 7793b509c..54eb96467 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -6278,6 +6278,7 @@ halftitlepage                     frontmatter
 seriespage                        frontmatter
 foreword                          frontmatter
 preface                           frontmatter
+frontispiece                      frontmatter
 appendix                          backmatter
 colophon                          backmatter
 bibliography                      backmatter
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/EPUB.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/EPUB.hs
index d77a038ba..86a7646e6 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/EPUB.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/EPUB.hs
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ pandocToEPUB version opts doc = do
                                    "contributors", "other-credits",
                                    "errata", "revision-history",
                                    "titlepage", "halftitlepage", "seriespage",
-                                   "foreword", "preface",
+                                   "foreword", "preface", "frontispiece",
                                    "seriespage", "titlepage"]
                backMatterTypes = ["appendix", "colophon", "bibliography",
                                   "index"]