diff --git a/src/wrap.c b/src/wrap.c
index df15327..7733334 100644
--- a/src/wrap.c
+++ b/src/wrap.c
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ void _wraptext_wrap_next (WrapTextContext *context, const WT_UTF32 c)
 
   // STATE_WORD
 
+  else if (state == WT_STATE_WORD && c == WT_HARD_LINE_BREAK)
+     {
+     _wraptext_flush_token (context);
+     _wraptext_new_line (context);
+     state = WT_STATE_START;
+     }
   else if (state == WT_STATE_WORD && _wraptext_is_newline (c))
      {
      _wraptext_flush_token (context);
diff --git a/src/wrap.h b/src/wrap.h
index ec21e95..44c3993 100644
--- a/src/wrap.h
+++ b/src/wrap.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 // UTF8, including a terminating 0
 #define WT_UTF8_MAX_BYTES 8 
 
+// Hard line break should be an unusued code point
+#define WT_HARD_LINE_BREAK 9999
+
 typedef uint32_t WT_UTF32;
 typedef char WT_UTF8;
 
diff --git a/src/xhtml.c b/src/xhtml.c
index 6bd9d76..d98ca14 100644
--- a/src/xhtml.c
+++ b/src/xhtml.c
@@ -632,7 +632,8 @@ void xhtml_flush_para (const WString *para, const Epub2TxtOptions *options,
 void xhtml_line_break (WrapTextContext *context) 
   {
   IN
-  static uint32_t s[2] = { '\n', 0 };
+  //static uint32_t s[2] = { '\n', 0 };
+  static uint32_t s[2] = { WT_HARD_LINE_BREAK, 0 };
   wraptext_wrap_utf32 (context, s);
   wraptext_eof (context);
   OUT