diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Templates.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Templates.hs
index 0d627e447..0312ba1c6 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Templates.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Templates.hs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ getDefaultTemplate _ "native" = return $ Right ""
 getDefaultTemplate _ "json"   = return $ Right ""
 getDefaultTemplate user "odt" = getDefaultTemplate user "opendocument"
 getDefaultTemplate user "epub" = getDefaultTemplate user "html"
+getDefaultTemplate user "html5" = getDefaultTemplate user "html"
 getDefaultTemplate user "beamer" = getDefaultTemplate user "latex"
 getDefaultTemplate user writer = do
   let format = takeWhile (/='+') writer  -- strip off "+lhs" if present