diff --git a/__tests__/serializers/slateToHtml/index.spec.ts b/__tests__/serializers/slateToHtml/index.spec.ts
index f51df3b..4509c63 100644
--- a/__tests__/serializers/slateToHtml/index.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/serializers/slateToHtml/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ChildNode, Element } from 'domhandler'
+import { Element } from 'domhandler'
 import { slateToHtml, slateToDomConfig } from '../../../src'
 
 describe('slateToHtml expected behaviour', () => {
@@ -17,6 +17,69 @@ describe('slateToHtml expected behaviour', () => {
     expect(slateToHtml(slate)).toEqual(html)
   })
 
+  /**
+   * @see https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-escapes#use
+   */
+  it('encodes `breaking` HTML entities', () => {
+    const html = `<p>2 &gt; 1 but is &lt; 3 &amp; it can break HTML</p>`
+    const slate = [
+      {
+        children: [
+          {
+            text: "2 > 1 but is < 3 & it can break HTML",
+          },
+        ],
+        type: 'p',
+      },
+    ]
+    expect(slateToHtml(slate)).toEqual(html)
+  })
+
+  it('encodes `non breaking` HTML entities', () => {
+    const html = `<p>The company&#x2019;s priority is &apos;inside sales&apos; and changing the spelling of cafe to caf&#xe9;.</p>`
+    const slate = [
+      {
+        children: [
+          {
+            text: "The company’s priority is 'inside sales' and changing the spelling of cafe to café.",
+          },
+        ],
+        type: 'p',
+      },
+    ]
+    expect(slateToHtml(slate)).toEqual(html)
+  })
+
+  it('encodes `breaking` HTML entities only if option is active', () => {
+    const html = `<p>2 &gt; 1 but is &lt; 3 &amp; it can break HTML</p><p>The company’s priority is 'inside sales' and changing the spelling of cafe to café.</p>`
+    const slate = [
+      {
+        children: [
+          {
+            text: "2 > 1 but is < 3 & it can break HTML",
+          },
+        ],
+        type: 'p',
+      },
+      {
+        children: [
+          {
+            text: "The company’s priority is 'inside sales' and changing the spelling of cafe to café.",
+          },
+        ],
+        type: 'p',
+      },
+    ]
+    expect(slateToHtml(
+      slate,
+      {
+        ...slateToDomConfig,
+        encodeEntities: false,
+        alwaysEncodeBreakingEntities: true,
+      }
+    )).toEqual(html)
+  })
+
   it('does not encode HTML entities with the appropriate option', () => {
     const html = `<h1>What's Heading 1</h1>`
     const slate = [
diff --git a/src/config/slateToDom/default.ts b/src/config/slateToDom/default.ts
index 845f4e3..892dd2b 100644
--- a/src/config/slateToDom/default.ts
+++ b/src/config/slateToDom/default.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export const config: Config = {
     },
   },
   encodeEntities: true,
+  alwaysEncodeBreakingEntities: false,
   alwaysEncodeCodeEntities: false,
   convertLineBreakToBr: false,
 }
diff --git a/src/config/slateToDom/types.ts b/src/config/slateToDom/types.ts
index 9185c9c..1b010c5 100644
--- a/src/config/slateToDom/types.ts
+++ b/src/config/slateToDom/types.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export interface Config {
   elementTransforms: ElementTagTransform
   defaultTag?: string
   encodeEntities?: boolean
+  alwaysEncodeBreakingEntities?: boolean
   alwaysEncodeCodeEntities?: boolean
   convertLineBreakToBr?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/src/serializers/slateToHtml/index.ts b/src/serializers/slateToHtml/index.ts
index d169031..aad9d64 100644
--- a/src/serializers/slateToHtml/index.ts
+++ b/src/serializers/slateToHtml/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Text as SlateText } from 'slate'
 
 import { config as defaultConfig } from '../../config/slateToDom/default'
 import { nestedMarkElements } from '../../utilities/domhandler'
-import { getNested, isEmptyObject, styleToString } from '../../utilities'
+import { getNested, isEmptyObject, styleToString, encodeBreakingEntities } from '../../utilities'
 import { SlateToDomConfig } from '../..'
 import { isBlock } from '../blocks'
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const slateToDom: SlateToDom = (node: any[], config = defaultConfig) => {
 
 const slateNodeToHtml = (node: any, config = defaultConfig, isLastNodeInDocument = false) => {
   if (SlateText.isText(node)) {
-    const str = node.text
+    const str = (config.alwaysEncodeBreakingEntities && config.encodeEntities === false) ? encodeBreakingEntities(node.text) : node.text
 
     // convert line breaks to br tags
     const strLines = config.convertLineBreakToBr ? str.split('\n') : [str]
diff --git a/src/utilities/index.ts b/src/utilities/index.ts
index 5b3cad5..cb3c5b0 100644
--- a/src/utilities/index.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/index.ts
@@ -62,3 +62,23 @@ export const removeEmpty = (obj: {}): {} => {
 export const getNested = (obj: any, ...args: string[]) => {
   return args.reduce((o, level) => o && o[level], obj)
 }
+
+export const encodeBreakingEntities = (str: string) => {
+  const swapChar = (charToSwap: string) => { // that swaps characters to HTML entities
+    switch(charToSwap){
+      case "&":
+        return "&amp;"
+      case "<":
+        return "&lt;"
+      case ">":
+        return "&gt;"
+      default:
+        return charToSwap
+    }
+  }
+  str = str.replace(/[&<>]/g, function(match){
+    return swapChar(match)
+  })
+
+  return str
+}
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