diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/text/Html.java b/src/api-impl/android/text/Html.java
index 3a4e8bcf..28e23647 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/text/Html.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/text/Html.java
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package android.text;
 
 public class Html {
 	public static Spanned fromHtml(String source) {
-		return new SpannableString(source.replace("<br/>", "\n").replace("<br>", "\n")); // TODO when JTidy is in use: s/<br \/>//g
+		return new SpannableString(source.replace("<br/>", "\n")
+		                                 .replace("<br>", "\n")
+		                                 .replace("&nbsp;", " "));
+		// TODO when JTidy is in use: s/<br \/>//g
 	}
 
 	public static String escapeHtml(CharSequence source) {