diff --git a/jwriter/writer.go b/jwriter/writer.go
index a3ef534..04bfddf 100644
--- a/jwriter/writer.go
+++ b/jwriter/writer.go
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ const (
 type Writer struct {
 	Flags Flags
 
-	Error  error
-	Buffer buffer.Buffer
+	Error        error
+	Buffer       buffer.Buffer
+	NoEscapeHTML bool
 }
 
 // Size returns the size of the data that was written out.
@@ -225,10 +226,14 @@ func (w *Writer) Bool(v bool) {
 
 const chars = "0123456789abcdef"
 
-func isNotEscapedSingleChar(c byte) bool {
+func isNotEscapedSingleChar(c byte, escapeHTML bool) bool {
 	// Note: might make sense to use a table if there are more chars to escape. With 4 chars
 	// it benchmarks the same.
-	return c != '<' && c != '\\' && c != '"' && c != '>' && c >= 0x20 && c < utf8.RuneSelf
+	if escapeHTML {
+		return c != '<' && c != '>' && c != '&' && c != '\\' && c != '"' && c >= 0x20 && c < utf8.RuneSelf
+	} else {
+		return c != '\\' && c != '"' && c >= 0x20 && c < utf8.RuneSelf
+	}
 }
 
 func (w *Writer) String(s string) {
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ func (w *Writer) String(s string) {
 	for i := 0; i < len(s); {
 		c := s[i]
 
-		if isNotEscapedSingleChar(c) {
+		if isNotEscapedSingleChar(c, !w.NoEscapeHTML) {
 			// single-width character, no escaping is required
 			i++
 			continue