diff --git a/lib/microdataToRdf.js b/lib/microdataToRdf.js
index 95fa7d1..aa61990 100644
--- a/lib/microdataToRdf.js
+++ b/lib/microdataToRdf.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ function microdataToRdf (html, config) {
   var registry = config.registry;
 
   var dom = microdataDom(htmlparser.parseDOM(html, {
-    decodeEntities: true
+    decodeEntities: true,
+    recognizeSelfClosing: true
   }), config);
 
   var nextId = 0;