diff --git a/postrender.go b/postrender.go
index e70c0d5..84aa9a9 100644
--- a/postrender.go
+++ b/postrender.go
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ func getSanitizationPolicy() *bluemonday.Policy {
 	policy.AllowAttrs("target").OnElements("a")
 	policy.AllowAttrs("title").OnElements("abbr")
 	policy.AllowAttrs("style", "class", "id").Globally()
+	policy.AllowElements("header", "footer")
 	policy.AllowURLSchemes("http", "https", "mailto", "xmpp")
 	return policy
 }