diff --git a/packages/html/src/elements.rs b/packages/html/src/elements.rs
index 514aea2d1d..7e5bed1247 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/elements.rs
+++ b/packages/html/src/elements.rs
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ builder_constructors! {
     meta None {
         charset: String DEFAULT, // FIXME IANA standard names
         content: String DEFAULT,
-        http_equiv: HTTPEquiv DEFAULT,
+        http_equiv: String "http-equiv",
         name: Metadata DEFAULT,
     };