diff --git a/Text/Blaze/Truncate.hs b/Text/Blaze/Truncate.hs
--- a/Text/Blaze/Truncate.hs
+++ b/Text/Blaze/Truncate.hs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
                (ts',ts'') -> ((TS.TagText str') : ts', (TS.TagText str'') : ts'')
                
 dropWhileEndPreEscapedHtml :: SL.StringLike str => (Char -> Bool) -> str -> str
-dropWhileEndPreEscapedHtml p txt = (TS.renderTags . reverse . (go 0) . reverse . TS.parseTags) txt
+dropWhileEndPreEscapedHtml p txt = (TS.renderTags . reverse . filterEmptyTags . (go 0) . reverse . TS.parseTags) txt
    where
        go :: (SL.StringLike str) => Int -> [TS.Tag str] -> [TS.Tag str]
        go _ [] = []
@@ -66,13 +66,16 @@
          else case dropWhileEndSL p str of
            str' -> if not (SL.strNull str') then (TS.TagText str') : ts
                   else go openTgs ts
+       filterEmptyTags ((TS.TagClose _) : (TS.TagOpen _ _) : ts) = filterEmptyTags ts
+       filterEmptyTags (t : ts) = t : (filterEmptyTags ts)
+       filterEmptyTags [] = []
 
 -- | Truncate the given HTML to a certain length, preserving tags. Returns the truncated Html or `Nothing` if no truncation occured.
 --   Words are preserved, so if the truncated text ends within some word, that whole word is cut.
 truncateHtml :: Int    -- ^ The amount of characters (not counting tags) which the truncated text should have at most
              -> Markup   -- ^ The HTML to truncate
              -> Maybe Markup  -- ^ `Just` the truncated HTML or `Nothing` if no truncation occured
-truncateHtml n html = case go n html of Tagged n' html' -> if n' <= 0 then Just html' else Nothing
+truncateHtml n html = case go n html of Tagged n' html' -> if n' <= 0 then filterEmptyTags html' else Nothing
     where
         go :: Int -> MarkupM b -> Tagged (MarkupM b)
         go i (Parent t open close content) = fmap (Parent t open close) (go i content)
@@ -84,6 +87,18 @@
           Tagged j h1' -> fmap (Append h1') (go j h2)
         go i Empty = Tagged i Empty
         go i (Content content) = fmap Content (truncateChoiceString i content)
+        
+        -- filter _trailing_ empty tags
+        filterEmptyTags :: MarkupM a -> Maybe (MarkupM b)
+        filterEmptyTags (Parent t open close content) = fmap (Parent t open close) (filterEmptyTags content)
+        filterEmptyTags (Leaf t begin end) = Nothing
+        filterEmptyTags (AddAttribute t key value h) = fmap (AddAttribute t key value) (filterEmptyTags h)
+        filterEmptyTags (AddCustomAttribute key value h) = fmap (AddCustomAttribute key value) (filterEmptyTags h)
+        filterEmptyTags (Append h1 h2) = case filterEmptyTags h2 of
+          Nothing  -> filterEmptyTags h1
+          Just h2' -> Just (Append h1 h2')
+        filterEmptyTags Empty = Nothing
+        filterEmptyTags (Content content) = if (length' content) == 0 then Nothing else Just (Content content)
         
 splitAtPreEscaped' :: Int -> ChoiceString -> (ChoiceString, ChoiceString)
 splitAtPreEscaped' i str | i <= 0 = (EmptyChoiceString, str)
diff --git a/blaze-html-truncate.cabal b/blaze-html-truncate.cabal
--- a/blaze-html-truncate.cabal
+++ b/blaze-html-truncate.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                blaze-html-truncate
-version:             0.2.0.1
+version:             0.2.0.2
 synopsis:            A truncator for blaze-html
 description:         This package provides a simple function to truncate HTML, preserving tags and preventing cut-off words. 
 homepage:            http://github.com/mruegenberg/blaze-html-truncate
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   exposed-modules:     Text.Blaze.Truncate
   -- other-modules:       
   build-depends:       base >= 4 && < 5
-                     , blaze-markup >= 0.5.0.0
+                     , blaze-markup >= 0.5.1.0
                      , bytestring >= 0.9
                      , text >= 0.10
                      , tagsoup >= 0.10