diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/htmlsymbols.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/htmlsymbols.py
index fa10873845..d46e4c707a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/htmlsymbols.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/htmlsymbols.py
@@ -306,5 +306,7 @@ HTML_SYMBOLS = {
                 u'ý' : ['ý', 'ý'], # latin small letter y with acute
                 u'þ' : ['þ', 'þ'], # latin small letter thorn
                 u'ÿ' : ['ÿ', 'ÿ'], # latin small letter y with diaeresis
+                # More
+                u' ' : [' '],
                }