diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 434cf0a..883f413 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ X-editable changelog
 
 Version 1.4.5 wip
 ----------------------------
+[enh #164] allow emptytext to be html (vitalets)
 [enh #78] allow html in editable content (vitalets)
 [enh] update container position when datetimepicker viewMode changes (vitalets)
 [enh #255] remove xxxView options from first level config of datetimepicker (vitalets)
diff --git a/src/element/editable-element.js b/src/element/editable-element.js
index ddd44c6..0c69288 100644
--- a/src/element/editable-element.js
+++ b/src/element/editable-element.js
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Makes editable any HTML element on the page. Applied as jQuery method.
             //emptytext shown only for enabled
             if(!this.options.disabled) {
                 if (this.isEmpty) {
-                    this.$element.text(this.options.emptytext);
+                    this.$element.html(this.options.emptytext);
                     if(this.options.emptyclass) {
                         this.$element.addClass(this.options.emptyclass);
                     }