diff --git a/org/html_writer.go b/org/html_writer.go
index 0c830de..731f7db 100644
--- a/org/html_writer.go
+++ b/org/html_writer.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (w *HTMLWriter) WriteBlock(b Block) {
 		content = w.HighlightCodeBlock(content, lang)
 		w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("<div class=\"src src-%s\">\n%s\n</div>\n", lang, content))
 	case name == "EXAMPLE":
-		w.WriteString(`<pre class="example">` + "\n" + content + "\n</pre>\n")
+		w.WriteString(`<pre class="example">` + "\n" + html.EscapeString(content) + "\n</pre>\n")
 	case name == "EXPORT" && len(b.Parameters) >= 1 && strings.ToLower(b.Parameters[0]) == "html":
 		w.WriteString(content + "\n")
 	case name == "QUOTE":
diff --git a/org/testdata/blocks.html b/org/testdata/blocks.html
index a470343..a4da06a 100644
--- a/org/testdata/blocks.html
+++ b/org/testdata/blocks.html
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ empty lines!
 
 it also has multiple parameters
 
-src, example & export blocks treat their content as raw text
+src, example &amp; export blocks treat their content as raw text
 /inline/ *markup* is ignored
       and whitespace is honored and not removed
+
+content of example blocks is still html escaped - see &lt;script&gt;alert(&#34;escaped&#34;)&lt;/script&gt;
 </pre>
 <pre class="example">
 examples like this
diff --git a/org/testdata/blocks.org b/org/testdata/blocks.org
index 44d93e5..3990008 100644
--- a/org/testdata/blocks.org
+++ b/org/testdata/blocks.org
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ it also has multiple parameters
 src, example & export blocks treat their content as raw text
 /inline/ *markup* is ignored
       and whitespace is honored and not removed
+
+content of example blocks is still html escaped - see <script>alert("escaped")</script>
 #+END_EXAMPLE
 
 : examples like this
diff --git a/org/testdata/blocks.pretty_org b/org/testdata/blocks.pretty_org
index 239890c..355ed29 100644
--- a/org/testdata/blocks.pretty_org
+++ b/org/testdata/blocks.pretty_org
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ it also has multiple parameters
 src, example & export blocks treat their content as raw text
 /inline/ *markup* is ignored
       and whitespace is honored and not removed
+
+content of example blocks is still html escaped - see <script>alert("escaped")</script>
 #+END_EXAMPLE
 
 : examples like this
diff --git a/org/testdata/misc.html b/org/testdata/misc.html
index 242bf7c..3e76471 100644
--- a/org/testdata/misc.html
+++ b/org/testdata/misc.html
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ example block
 </p>
 <pre class="example">
 language: go
-go: "1.x"
+go: &#34;1.x&#34;
 script:
   - make test
   - make generate-gh-pages