diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0752a42a..7dc8b458 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ This is the last version to support PHP 5.3
 - Support for Comments - @troosan #1067
 - Support for paragraph textAlignment - @troosan #1165
 - Add support for HTML underline tag <u> in addHtml - @zNightFalLz #1186
-- Allow to change cell width unit - @guillaume-ro-fr #986
+- Add support for HTML <br> in addHtml - @anrikun @troosan #659
+- Allow to change cell width unit - guillaume-ro-fr #986
 - Allow to change the line height rule @troosan
 - Implement PageBreak for odt writer @cookiekiller #863 #824
 - Allow to force an update of all fields on opening a document - @troosan #951
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index 3f94e2ba..739bfb16 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class Html
             'ul'        => array('List',        null,   null,       $styles,    $data,  3,              null),
             'ol'        => array('List',        null,   null,       $styles,    $data,  7,              null),
             'li'        => array('ListItem',    $node,  $element,   $styles,    $data,  null,           null),
+            'br'        => array('LineBreak',   null,   $element,   $styles,    null,   null,           null),
         );
 
         $newElement = null;
@@ -523,4 +524,14 @@ class Html
                 return 'single';
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse line break
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractContainer $element
+     */
+    private static function parseLineBreak($element)
+    {
+        $element->addTextBreak();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
index 58b0d977..bfe24c58 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
@@ -234,4 +234,22 @@ class HtmlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('list item1', $doc->getElement('/w:document/w:body/w:p[1]/w:r/w:t')->nodeValue);
         $this->assertEquals('list item2', $doc->getElement('/w:document/w:body/w:p[2]/w:r/w:t')->nodeValue);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests parsing of br
+     */
+    public function testParseLineBreak()
+    {
+        $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
+        $section = $phpWord->addSection();
+        $html = '<p>This is some text<br/>with a linebreak.</p>';
+        Html::addHtml($section, $html);
+
+        $doc = TestHelperDOCX::getDocument($phpWord, 'Word2007');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:br'));
+        $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:r/w:t'));
+        $this->assertEquals('This is some text', $doc->getElement('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:r[1]/w:t')->nodeValue);
+        $this->assertEquals('with a linebreak.', $doc->getElement('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:r[2]/w:t')->nodeValue);
+    }
 }