diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
index 4c869ac21..e119a5c87 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/HTML.hs
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ inlineToHtml opts (Link txt (Ref ref)) =
 inlineToHtml opts (Image alt (Src source tit)) = 
   let title = stringToSGML tit
       alternate = render $ inlineListToHtml opts alt in 
-  selfClosingTag "img" $ [("src", source)] ++  
-  (if null tit then [] else [("title", title)]) ++ 
-  (if null alternate then [] else [("alt", alternate)])  
+  selfClosingTag "img" $ [("src", source)] ++
+  (if null alternate then [] else [("alt", alternate)]) ++
+  [("title", title)]  -- note:  null title is included, as in Markdown.pl 
 inlineToHtml opts (Image alternate (Ref ref)) = 
   text "![" <> (inlineListToHtml opts alternate) <> text "][" <> 
   (inlineListToHtml opts ref) <> char ']'
diff --git a/tests/writer.html b/tests/writer.html
index 2428d0a12..3213bb9ce 100644
--- a/tests/writer.html
+++ b/tests/writer.html
@@ -751,10 +751,10 @@ document.write('<a h'+'ref'+'="ma'+'ilto'+':'+e+'">'+e+'<\/'+'a'+'>');
   From &ldquo;Voyage dans la Lune&rdquo; by Georges Melies (1902):
 </p>
 <p>
-  <img src="lalune.jpg" title="Voyage dans la Lune" alt="lalune" />
+  <img src="lalune.jpg" alt="lalune" title="Voyage dans la Lune" />
 </p>
 <p>
-  Here is a movie <img src="movie.jpg" alt="movie" /> icon.
+  Here is a movie <img src="movie.jpg" alt="movie" title="" /> icon.
 </p>
 <hr />
 <h1>Footnotes</h1>