diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/txtml.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/txtml.py
index 3ecb6940f8..48c94c2543 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/txtml.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/txtml.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ BLOCK_STYLES = [
 
 SPACE_TAGS = [
     'td',
+    'br',
 ]
 
 class TXTMLizer(object):