diff --git a/frappe/utils/pdf.py b/frappe/utils/pdf.py
index f465ca3979..8c33022191 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/pdf.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/pdf.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def prepare_options(html, options):
 
 def read_options_from_html(html):
 	options = {}
-	soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
+	soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html5lib")
 
 	# extract pdfkit options from html
 	for html_id in ("margin-top", "margin-bottom", "margin-left", "margin-right", "page-size"):